oppressively

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Recent Examples of oppressively The second planet from the sun has a completely inhospitable surface, with temperatures reaching 863 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius) and a crushing pressure underneath an oppressively thick atmosphere. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025 On an oppressively hot Friday in July, plumes of smoke curl up from Arnolds Field. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppressively
Adverb
  • In the 42nd minute, having cut inside Niang, Leysen lunged wildly to try and prevent Elanga recovering the ball, but got nowhere near it and conceded a penalty (he was harshly adjudged to have handballed it during the second half for another spot kick, too).
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • He was immediately called out by a member of the Directing Staff, who addressed him harshly by his team number.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • On July 14, a jury of 10 women and two men found Serafini guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder for the shooting that killed his father-in-law Gary Spohr, 70, and severely wounded his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, 68, at their home near Lake Tahoe.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hamas' top leadership has been assassinated, its fighting capacity severely curbed in Gaza.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Oppressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppressively. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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