Toilsomely

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a toilsome manner.

    "Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone."

Synonyms

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hammer and tongshardhardlyheart and soulindustriouslylaboriously

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"Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone."

Etymology

From toilsome + -ly.

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