exhaustingly

In tiring fashion

Exhaustingly describes doing something in a way that causes extreme tiredness or depletion.

The word emphasizes the draining effect on those involved: The project was exhaustingly detailed, She worked exhaustingly long hours.

It suggests an action carried to the point of wearing people out.

draining

depleting

Progressively using up

fatiguing · withering · devitalizing · consuming · dissipating · emptying · leaching · eroding · wearing · grinding

laborious

arduously

With strenuous effort

laboriously · painstakingly · gruelingly · tirelessly · industriously · doggedly · slogging · plodding · grindingly

intense

grueling

Extremely tiring and demanding

merciless · brutal · harsh · severe · extreme · crushing · pounding · unsparing · savagely · fiercely

tedious

monotonously

In unvarying repetition

tiresomely · mind-numbingly · plodding · interminably · endlessly · numbingly · dully · droning

overwhelming

oppressively

In a crushing manner

unbearably · dauntingly · dispiriting · smothering · paralyzingly

Opposites
ENERGY DEPLETION vs. ENERGY PRESERVATION

exhaustinglyeffortlessly

Without visible labor

easily · restfully · relaxingly · lightly · leisurely

FATIGUE-INDUCING vs. REVITALIZING

exhaustinglyrefreshingly

In revitalizing manner

invigoratingly · restfully · bracingly · freshly · stimulatingly

Family

exhausting

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