Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burdensomely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bur-den-some-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a burdensome fashion.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From burdensome + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more burdensomely (comparative) most burdensomely (superlative)

Questions

What does burdensomely mean?: In a burdensome fashion.
Where does burdensomely come from?: From burdensome + -ly.

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