toilsome

Definition

Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.

Etymology

From toil + -some.

Example Sentences

• "‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’"
• "The whole of the interior of South Africa is, of course, one vast plateau at a considerable elevation, and all the main lines coming up from the coast have some toilsome climbing."