oppressively

[US]/ə'presivli/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a manner that is burdensome and suffocating

The room felt oppressively hot.

She stared at him oppressively.

The silence in the room was oppressively loud.

The dark clouds loomed oppressively overhead.

He felt oppressively burdened by his responsibilities.

The atmosphere in the room was oppressively tense.

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