oppressively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English oppress

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English oppressive

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English oppressively

From oppressive + -ly.

Adverb

oppressively (comparative more oppressively, superlative most oppressively)

1. In an oppressive manner.

Translations

in an oppressive manner

• Catalan: opressivament (ca)
• Portuguese: opressivamente
• Spanish: opresivamente (es)