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Definition of Toilsomely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toilsomely
Literary usage of Toilsomely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1860)
"... we were ' transported' over the Ohio River, from the town of Portsmouth, to
the Kentucky side of the beautiful stream, ascended toilsomely a conspicuous ..."
2. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue (2003)
"A glorious sight, is it not. to see the spider spin his web so toilsomely ~
fastening this one. altering that, letting out others? ..."
3. China from Within: Impressions and Experiences by Charles Ernest Scott (1917)
"... toilsomely memorizing, as it is told to them, such a passage as John 3 :16;
or still more toilsomely picking out the hieroglyphic Chinese characters, ..."
4. China from Within: Impressions and Experiences by Charles Ernest Scott (1917)
"... toilsomely memorizing, as it is told to them, such a passage as John 3 :16;
or still more toilsomely picking out the hieroglyphic Chinese characters, ..."
5. The Story of Minneapolis by Ernest Dudley Parsons (1913)
"The news could not come in column and in picture fresh from the scene; it had to
make its way toilsomely by rail to Prairie du Chien, then even more ..."
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