toilful

[ toil-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome.

Origin of toilful

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; toil1 + -ful

Other words from toilful

  • toil·ful·ly, adverb

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How to use toilful in a sentence

  • Toilfully and crossly I returned on my tracks to my long-delayed dinner.

    Prester John | John Buchan
  • Whereupon he toilfully rewrote his requisitions 'and so to bed.'

    Plum Pudding | Christopher Morley