Usually means: In a very harsh, burdensome manner.
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  1. oppressively: Merriam-Webster
  2. oppressively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oppressively: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. oppressively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. oppressively: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. oppressively: Rhymezone
  11. oppressively: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. oppressively: FreeDictionary.org
  13. oppressively: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. oppressively: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. oppressively: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. oppressively: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In an oppressive manner.

Similar:
oppressingly, repressively, smotheringly, coercively, despotically, unoppressively, obstructively, domineeringly, opprobriously, obtrusively, more...

Opposite:
liberating, emancipating, freeing

Types:
stifling, muggy, humid, close, sticky, more...

Phrases:
oppressively hot, more...



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Similar:
oppressingly, repressively, smotheringly, coercively, despotically, unoppressively, obstructively, domineeringly, opprobriously, obtrusively, more...

Opposite:
liberating, emancipating, freeing

Types:
stifling, muggy, humid, close, sticky, more...

Phrases:
oppressively hot, more...



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