Toilsome \Toil"some\ (-s[u^]m), a.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
wearisome; as, toilsome work.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton.
-- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness}, n.
toilsomeness
n : the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: {laboriousness},
{operoseness}]