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
- 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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