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- [toil-suh m]
- /ˈtɔɪl səm/
- /tˈɔɪlsʌmli/
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- [toil-suh m]
- /ˈtɔɪl səm/
Definition of toilsomely word
- adjective toilsomely characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing. 2
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Origin of toilsomely
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; toil1 + -some1
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Parts of speech for Toilsomely
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
toilsomely popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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adv toilsomely
- agonizingly — accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in agony or distress: We spent an agonizing hour waiting to hear if the accident had been serious or not.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- gruelingly — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
adverb toilsomely
- agonisingly — Alternative spelling of agonizingly.
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
Antonyms for toilsomely
adverb toilsomely
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
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