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Meanings of less irksome in English

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Usage of less irksome in English
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The latter seemed the less irksome scheme, and in a sinister moment-heavens
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
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For a day or two the toil of the shop was less irksome.
Will Warburton
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Monotony, however luxurious, is not less irksome because it is easy.
The Heavenly Twins
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Very gradually, he began to find this morning visit less irksome.
Greifenstein
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Balder's present attitude, viewed from whatever side, was no less irksome than ignoble.
Idolatry: A Romance
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But the result was none the less irksome.
Last and First Men
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Anticipating such a result, the surgeons had brought several appliances to make his confinement less irksome.
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
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She was confined for some days to the house; but never had any confinement been less irksome.
Sense and Sensibility
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They are far less irksome than-than-
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
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I shall probably give my consent to her marriage with Cayley; her marriage will make my guardianship less irksome.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
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Some regular intellectual pursuit would render my state less irksome, but I had hitherto adopted no scheme of this kind.
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment)
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Within the little circle of the Court he was assailed by constant jealousy, none the less irksome because it was contemptible.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02
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True, they were no longer ill-treated and food was plentiful, but they were held here in a captivity no less irksome.
The Grey Cloak
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He reasoned that it would be less irksome if he sat in the middle as opposed to sitting by the door.
The secret lives of baba segi's wives
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Nothing of the sort occurred, and the burials of the cave dwellers gradually came to be managed in a less irksome way.
In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories
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The generous use of the weed makes the enforced retirement of Sing Sing less irksome to forgers, second-story men, and fire bugs.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
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