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oppressively

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op·pres·sive  (-prsv)
adj.
1. Difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws.
2. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
3. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit: oppressive weather. See Synonyms at burdensome.

op·pressive·ly adv.
op·pressive·ness n.
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Adv.1.oppressively - in a heavy and oppressive way; "it was oppressively hot in the office"
Translations
oppressively [əˈpresɪvlɪ] ADV
1. (= unjustly) [rule, govern] → de manera opresiva, de modo opresivo
2. (= stiflingly) the room was oppressively hoten la habitación hacía un calor sofocante or agobiante
it was oppressively humidhacía una humedad agobiante
the city is oppressively drab and greyla ciudad es tan monótona y gris que resulta opresiva or agobiante
oppressively
adv
rulerepressiv; to tax oppressivelydrückende Steuern plerheben
(fig) hotdrückend; oppressively drab and greybedrückend grau in grau
oppressively [əˈprɛsɪvlɪ] adv (see adj) → oppressivamente, in modo opprimente
it was oppressively hot → faceva un caldo opprimente
oppressively [əˈprɛsɪvlɪ] adv (see adj) → oppressivamente, in modo opprimente
it was oppressively hot → faceva un caldo opprimente


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The evening was oppressively warm, the air stagnant.
Sometimes when he came he was silent and moody, and after a few sarcastic remarks went away again, to tramp the streets of Lincoln, which were almost as quiet and oppressively domestic as those of Black Hawk.
The weather, too, which had recently been frosty, was now oppressively warm, and there was a great scarcity of water, insomuch that a valuable dog belonging to Mr.
 
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