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Definition of Toilsome
1. Adjective. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. "Set a punishing pace"
Similar to: Effortful
Derivative terms: Arduousness, Hardness, Heaviness, Labor, Laboriousness, Operoseness, Toilsomeness
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toilsome
1. demanding much exertion [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toilsome
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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