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onerously

Meanings
  • adverb

    burdened or weighed down, especially with more than is reasonable or necessary

Rhymes
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onerous , lonely , drowns , frowns
Variants
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onerous , onerously , onerousness , onerousnesses
Etymology
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from onus 'load, burden' + -eous 'having the quality of'

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  1. The word 'onerously' first appeared in English in the 15th century.

  2. In music, the term 'onerous' is sometimes used to describe a piece of music that is particularly difficult to perform.

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  1. onus: The Latin word for 'load' or 'burden'

Quotes
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  1. Rap tested well, but early on the promoters said they wouldn't be booking any gangsta rap, a move at least partly designed to calm security concerns during the "onerous" process of complying with the strict mass-gathering laws enacted in the wake of the 1969 festival.

    - John Milward,{it}Rolling Stone{/it},11 Aug. 1994

  2. Environmentalism poses stark issues of survival, for humankind and for all those other tribes of creatures over which we have exercised our "onerous" dominion.

    - Marilynne Robinson,{it}The Death of Adam{/it},1998

  3. Then everyone was asked, how fairly did you act?, from "extremely unfairly" (1) to "extremely fairly" (7). Next they watched someone else make the assignments, and judged that person's ethics. Selflessness was a virtual no-show: 87 out of 94 people opted for the easy task and gave the next guy the "onerous" one.

    - Sharon Begley,{it}Newsweek{/it},23 June 2008

  4. The first hitch occurred when the state education department took a full six months after the new law was adopted to issue 12 pages of "onerous" rules and regulations governing Arkansas charter schools.

    - Wendy Cole,{it}Time{/it},10 June 2000
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In literature, 'onerously' is often used to describe the heavy burden or responsibility that a character must bear. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', Tom Buchanan is described as carrying his wealth 'onerously, as if it were a punishments.'

How to Memorize "onerously"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine carrying a heavy backpack or lifting a large weight. This can help you remember the meaning of 'onerously' as burdened or weighed down.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'onerously' with the feeling of being overburdened or having too much responsibility.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'onerously' comes from the Latin word 'onus' for 'load' or 'burden'.

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