toilful

[ toil-fuhl ]

adjective

1. characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome.

Other Words From

• toilful·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of toilful¹

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

Example Sentences

But the rough hands clearly showed that the slumberer had led a hard and toilful life.

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And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art.

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To travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.

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Thus doth benignant Heaven lighten the heavy pressure of toilful industry!

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These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.

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Related Words

• arduous
• complicated
• heavy
• rough
• serious
• terrible
• tough
• troublesome