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oppressively Definition


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oppressive
adj
    1. Cruel, tyrannical and unjust.
      Example: an oppressive regime
      Thesaurus: overbearing, tyrannical, inhuman, cruel.
    2. Causing worry or mental distress; weighing heavily on the mind.
      Thesaurus: overwhelming, difficult, burdensome, troublesome.
    3. Said of the weather: heavy, hot and sultry.
      Thesaurus: close, sultry, suffocating, confining, unbearable.
Derivative: oppressively
adverb
    Derivative: oppressiveness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c.



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