单词 | unoppressively |
释义 | unoppressivelyadv. In an unoppressive manner; not oppressively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] lightlyeOE remissively1537 unoppressively1656 with a loose rein1775 laxly1839 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iii. 152 A negative obedience is the farthest it [sc. paternal right] can unoppressively extend it self. 1797 Monthly Visitor Feb. 109 Obedience to parents, guardians, or tutors, is a duty..against which, while exercised unoppressively,..it would be a crime to cavil or insinuate. 1871 H. L. Prior Behind Veil I. vii. 201 He is so unoppressively agreeable. 1917 Econ. World 14 July 39/1 The authority and power of government carefully and unoppressively exercised. 2003 M. Dibdin Medusa x. 137 It suited the landscape..: unoppressively pretty and unspectacularly wild. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1656 |
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