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WEARINGLY

 [wair-ing]  

wear·ing

   [wair-ing]
adjective
1.
gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
2.
wearying or exhausting: a wearing task.
3.
relating to or made for wear.
Origin:
1805–15; wear + -ing2

Related forms
wear·ing·ly, adverb
un·wear·ing, adjective
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wearing (ˈwɛərɪŋ)
 
—adj
causing fatigue or exhaustion; tiring
 
'wearingly
 
—adv

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