burdensomely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

burdensome +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

burdensomely (comparative more burdensomely, superlative most burdensomely)

  1. In a burdensome fashion.
    • 2009 April 5, Liesl Schillinger, “Monkey See? Monkey, Do Tell”, in New York Times[1]:
      On this and other shows, and in her 2008 biography, “sTori Telling,” Tori Spelling freely discusses her “complicated” relationship with her mother, her distress at the will, and her burdensomely privileged childhood.