taxingly

In exhausting fashion

In a manner that demands great effort or endurance.

The word appears occasionally as the adverb form of taxing, describing how something strains one's resources or patience: The trail climbed taxingly through the mountains.

Rarely used; most writers prefer more natural phrasing.

effortful

strenuously

With vigorous effort

gruelingly · rigorously · intensively · backbreakingly · vigorously · heavily · relentlessly · demandingly · punishingly · formidably

draining

exhaustingly

In a depleting way

grueling · punishing · debilitating · wearing · frazzling · spent · overwhelmingly · withering · grinding

stressful

pressingly

In urgent manner

distressingly · worryingly · agitating · fretting · overwhelmingly · oppressively · crushingly · stifling · heavily · trying

cognitively

challengingly

In a provoking manner

perplexingly · confoundingly · puzzlingly · problematically · confusingly · bafflingly · vexingly · bewilderingly · mind-bending · analytically

Opposites
effort and difficulty

taxinglyeffortlessly

Without visible labor

easily · simply · breezily · smoothly · painlessly

Family

taxing, overtaxing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G