toilsomely

English

Etymology

From toilsome +‎ -ly.

Adverb

toilsomely (comparative more toilsomely, superlative most toilsomely)

  1. In a toilsome manner.
    • 1829, William Taylor, Historic Survey of German Poetry, page 73:
      Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone.
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