toilsomely

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But life in the swarming cities, Shanghai, Canton, Peiping, Hankow and the capital, Nanking, went toilsomely and safely on.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the one way you can glide easily down; by the other you may climb toilsomely, but surely up.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William

"Do you want anything?" askt his host, rising toilsomely from the floor.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

So thinks, at any rate, a horseman, toilsomely making his way over its inhospitable expanse.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram

Tools, and even dynamos and engines, could be brought toilsomely to it, but the task would be terrific.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Bates, Harry