Definition of "toilsomely" [toilsomely]

• In a toilsome manner. (adverb)

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• "Then they go up the winding staircase of the great tower, toilsomely, turning and turning, and lowering their heads to avoid the stairs above, or the rough stone pivot around which they twist."
• "By ladders now, and toilsomely, for it was steep, and not too certain holding for the feet."
• "As we were making our way, cautiously and toilsomely, over the pulverised embers, one of my people sank into the earth breast-high."