Definition of Toilsome

1. Adjective. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. "Set a punishing pace"


Definition of Toilsome

1. a. Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.

Definition of Toilsome

1. Adjective. requiring continuous physical effort; laborious ¹

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Definition of Toilsome

1. demanding much exertion [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toilsome

toiletry
toilets
toilette
toilettes
toilful
toilfully
toilinet
toilinets
toilinette
toilinettes
toiling
toilingly
toilings
toilless
toils
toilsome (current term)
toilsomely
toilsomeness
toilsomenesses
toilworn
toise
toiseach
toiseachs
toisech
toisechs
toises
toison
toisons
toit
toited

Literary usage of Toilsome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Yet, toilsome as was the march in the drought and heat, its hardships were not without alleviation. For seven 1 The narratives on which my account is based ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"AS toilsome I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods, To the music of rustling leaves kick'd by my feet (for 't was autumn), ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"AS toilsome I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods, To the music of rustling leaves kick'dl.r my feet (for 'twas autumn), ..."

4. An Introduction to Poetry by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty (1922)
"AS toilsome I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods, To the music of rustling leaves kick'd by my feet (for 't was autumn), ..."

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