toilful
[ toil-fuhl ]
adjective
characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome.
Origin of toilful
1Other words from toilful
- toil·ful·ly, adverb
Words Nearby toilful
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How to use toilful in a sentence
But the rough hands clearly showed that the slumberer had led a hard and toilful life.
The Forest Farm | Peter RoseggerAnd yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinTo travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.
Among the Forces | Henry White WarrenThus doth benignant Heaven lighten the heavy pressure of toilful industry!
Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 | Edward Ziegler DavisThese were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.
The Trail of the Tramp | A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)
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