onerously

1. 1.

   in an onerous manner

Questions about onerously

What does onerously mean?

onerously means "in an onerous manner".

How many syllables are in onerously?

onerously has 4 syllables and divides as o-ne-rou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is onerously a common word?

onerously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.