Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oppressively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
op-pres-sive-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an oppressive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English oppressive Middle English -ly English -ly English oppressively From oppressive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more oppressively (comparative) most oppressively (superlative)

Questions

What does oppressively mean?
In an oppressive manner.
Where does oppressively come from?
Etymology tree English oppressive Middle English -ly English -ly English oppressively From oppressive + -ly.

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