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oppressively
Variant of oppressive
adjective
- hard to put up with; causing great discomfort or fatigue
- cruelly overbearing; tyrannical
- weighing heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses; distressing
Related Forms:
- oppressively adverb
- oppressiveness noun
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