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toil´some|ly — toil|some «TOYL suhm», adjective. requiring hard work; laborious; wearisome; tiring: »We made a long, toilsome climb up the mountain. SYNONYM(S): fatiguing, onerous. –toil´some|ly, adverb. –toil´some|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
toil´some|ness — toil|some «TOYL suhm», adjective. requiring hard work; laborious; wearisome; tiring: »We made a long, toilsome climb up the mountain. SYNONYM(S): fatiguing, onerous. –toil´some|ly, adverb. –toil´some|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
toil — be·toil; en·toil; toil·er; toil·ful; toil·ful·ly; toil·some; toil·some·ly; toil·some·ness; toil; … English syllables
Toil — Toil, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toiling}.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. {Towel}); or perhaps ultimately from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toil — 1. noun a) labour, work ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door mat lay exposed to view. b) trouble, strife 2 … Wiktionary
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble — DVD cover Directed by Stuart Margolin … Wikipedia
toilsome — toil·some … English syllables
toilsomely — toil·some·ly … English syllables
toilsome — toil•some [[t]ˈtɔɪl səm[/t]] adj. demanding toil; laborious or fatiguing • Etymology: 1575–85 toil′some•ly, adv. toil′some•ness, n … From formal English to slang
toilsomeness — toil·some·ness … English syllables
