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effortfulness

(ˈɛfətfʊlnəs)
n
the quality of requiring effort
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Noun 1. effortfulness - the quality of requiring deliberate effort
difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
arduousness, strenuousness - extreme effortfulness
laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness - the quality of requiring extended effort
effortlessness - the quality of requiring little effort; "such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice"
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