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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain. Fewer examples. Campus housing officials across the country have a toilsome task every year. He remembered the long, toilsome months when he had worked to perfect his style of writing.
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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The...
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toilsome definicja: 1. involving hard or difficult work, or...
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noun. laborious in British English. (ləˈbɔːrɪəs ) adjective. 1. involving great exertion or long effort. 2. given to working hard. 3. (of literary style, etc) not fluent. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. You may also like. Collins. Apps. English Quiz. Confusables. Synonyms of. 'toilsome' Language Lover's. Blog.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective toilsome. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain. Fewer examples. Campus housing officials across the country have a toilsome task every year. He remembered the long, toilsome months when he had worked to perfect his style of writing.
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Something is toilsome if it's really difficult, requiring exhausting or boring effort. Shoveling a foot of heavy snow out of your neighbor's long driveway is toilsome.
