toilsomeness

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toilsomeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toilsome \Toil"some\ (toil"s[u^]m), a.
     Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
     wearisome; as, toilsome work.
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           What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton.
     [1913 Webster] -- Toil"some*ly, adv. -- Toil"some*ness,
     n.
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toilsomeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toilsomeness
      n 1: the quality of requiring extended effort [syn:
           laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness]