toilful
adjective
characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome.
toilfully
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a word derived from
toilful.
Example Sentences
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Alas, it was not for me! and I pulled toilfully on.
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
Nor should I complain," said she, still more resolutely, "if these same services could be rendered toilfully, but costing nothing of self-sacrifice in honorable feeling.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
For five long days we travelled slowly and toilfully on our way from the valley of Cuzco to that other where Golden Star lay sleeping beside the lake.
From The Romance of Golden Star ... by George Chetwynd Griffith
Often a part of the crew would have to leap into the water at the shallows, and wade along with the towing line, while their comrades on board toilfully assisted with oar and setting pole.
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Washington Irving
Having at length toilfully unravelled the mazes of the valley and arrived at firmer ground, he ordered his troops to mount, and led them full gallop to the height.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
