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View synonyms for toilful

toilful

[ toil-fuhl ]

adjective

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


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Other Words From

  • toilful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of toilful1

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

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

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

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

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

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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