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Synonyms for oppressively


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uh-pres-iv
Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛs ɪv



Définition of oppressively

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness.
  • adv severely
Example sentences :
  • They were on the lawn taking the cool of the evening after an oppressively hot day.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Nevertheless, with the place crowded the atmosphere was oppressively hot.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • The room was oppressively quiet, walled in by the thick sod from the storm.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • By this time it is nearly five o'clock, and as yet oppressively warm.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • Here, where the winter cold is so piercing, it is oppressively hot in summer.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Why has he made me so often oppressively feel his superiority?
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • It was oppressively hot, and Peter had been riding all the previous night.
  • Extract from : « Peter and Jane » by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
  • She would be lifeless and oppressively good-mannered, he felt certain.
  • Extract from : « The Windy Hill » by Cornelia Meigs
  • He knew and felt most oppressively that everything almost was against him.
  • Extract from : « Amos Huntingdon » by T.P. Wilson
  • The dinner was beautifully cooked and served, and was not oppressively long.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

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