toilsome
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səm adjective
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
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toilsome or toilful (ˈtɔɪlsəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| laborious | |
| toilful or toilful | |
| —adj | |
| 'toilsomely or toilful | |
| —adv | |
| 'toilfully or toilful | |
| —adv | |
| 'toilsomeness or toilful | |
| —n | |
| 'toilfulness or toilful | |
| —n | |
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Toilsome
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
He knew war only as a toilsome chore, not as a field of heroic deeds.
Or in other words, a particularly toilsome kind of work.
The model of a disciplined artist dedicated to a toilsome art practice, she has ardent followers.
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