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toilsomely

toilsomely adverb: in a toilsome manner.

Adverb

toilsomely (comparative more toilsomely, superlative most toilsomely)

  1. In a toilsome manner.
    • Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone.1829, William Taylor, Historic Survey of German Poetry, page 73

Forms of toilsomely

comparativemore toilsomely
superlativemost toilsomely

Origin of toilsomely

From toilsome + -ly.

Questions about toilsomely

What does toilsomely mean?
Toilsomely means in a toilsome manner.
What part of speech is toilsomely?
Toilsomely is an adverb.

Words near toilsomely in the dictionary

  1. toillessness
  2. toils
  3. toils and moils
  4. toilsom
  5. toilsome
  6. toilsomely
  7. toilsomeness
  8. toilworn
  9. toing
  10. toing and froing
  11. toings

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