painful (adj.) Old form(s): painefull , painfull
painstaking, diligent, laborious
Cor IV.v.71[Coriolanus to Aufidius] The painful service, / The extreme dangers ... are requited
E3 IV.ii.44[Percy to King Edward] by the fruitful service of your peers / And painful travail of the Queen herself, / That, big with child, was every day in arms
LLL II.i.23[Princess to Boyet, of the King's vow to allow no women to the court] Till painful study shall outwear three years [also: uncomfortable]
Per Chorus.III.15[Gower alone, of searching for Pericles] By many a dern and painful perch
Sonn.25.9[] The painful warrior famoused for worth
Tem III.i.1[Ferdinand alone] There be some sports are painful [or: sense 2]
TS V.ii.148[Katherina to Widow, of her husband's role] commits his body / To painful labour
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