Usually means: Imposing burdens; heavily obligating financially.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word onerously:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. onerously: Merriam-Webster
  2. onerously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. onerously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. onerously: Vocabulary.com
  5. onerously: Wordnik
  6. onerously: Wiktionary
  7. Onerously, onerously: Dictionary.com
  8. Onerously: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. onerously: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. onerously: Rhymezone
  11. Onerously: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. onerously: FreeDictionary.org
  13. onerously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Onerously: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. onerously: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. onerously: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. onerously: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  In an onerous manner.

Similar:
burdensomely, heavy-handedly, obesely, inordinately, overwisely, unrigorously, overdiligently, toilsomely, heavily, encumberingly, more...

Opposite:
easily, effortlessly, simply, smoothly, comfortably

Types:
burdensome, cumbersome, oppressive, weighty, more...

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Similar:
burdensomely, heavy-handedly, obesely, inordinately, overwisely, unrigorously, overdiligently, toilsomely, heavily, encumberingly, more...

Opposite:
easily, effortlessly, simply, smoothly, comfortably

Types:
burdensome, cumbersome, oppressive, weighty, more...



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