What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
toilsomely — adverb : in a toilsome manner : laboriously delivered the loaves, making his rounds slowly and toilsomely D.C.Jenkins * * * toilˈsomely adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑toil … Useful english dictionary
toilsomely — adverb see toilsome … New Collegiate Dictionary
toilsomely — See toilsome. * * * … Universalium
toilsomely — adverb In a toilsome manner … Wiktionary
toilsomely — toil·some·ly … English syllables
toilsome — toilsomely, adv. toilsomeness, n. /toyl seuhm/, adj. characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing. [1575 85; TOIL1 + SOME1] Syn. wearisome, arduous, strenuous, tiring. * * * … Universalium
toilsome — adjective Date: 1575 marked by or full of toil or fatigue ; laborious < a toilsome journey > • toilsomely adverb • toilsomeness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
toilsomeness — See toilsomely. * * * … Universalium
hammer and tongs — Synonyms and related words: arduously, bec et ongles, committedly, decidedly, decisively, determinedly, devotedly, earnestly, effortfully, firmly, fixedly, hard, heart and soul, in all seriousness, in earnest, in good earnest, industriously,… … Moby Thesaurus
hard — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, adverse, afflictive, agonizing, agonizingly, alcoholic, all but, almost,… … Moby Thesaurus
