单词 | oppressingly |
释义 | oppressinglyadv. = oppressively adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > oppressively heavilyc1320 oppressingly1629 oppressively1773 compressively1834 1629 in R. D. Pierce Rec. First Church Salem, Mass. (1974) 4 Nor will wee deale hardly, or opressingly [1680 oppressingly] with Any, wherein wee are the Lords stewards. 1659 W. Prynne Historiarchos iv. 259 He had voluptuously and oppressingly reigned over the English not full two years, wanting ten dayes thereof. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 137 The rheum does not fall down oppressingly upon the spirit and lungs. 1846 W. M. Lowrie Let. 10 Aug. in Mem. (1849) viii. 365 This has been an oppressingly hot summer. 1871 E. Knorr tr. Von Middendorff in tr. A. Petermann et al. Papers Eastern & Northern Extensions Gulf Stream (U.S. Hydrographic Office) vi. 379 On the following day we had an oppressingly sultry air, with thunder and a short shower of rain. 1925 Glasgow Herald 17 May 7/1 That it [sc. the cost] is oppressingly large no one will deny. 1966 Amer. Q. 18 145 The Truth of Existence for Poe may be described as poetic, not oppressingly disillusioning. 1998 Illawarra Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. (Weekender section) 6 The house seemed oppressingly small. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1629 |
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