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Repressively

Repressive \Re*press"ive\ (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pressif. LL. repressivus.] Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- Re*press"ive*ly, adv.

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repressively

adv. In a repressive manner.

Usage examples of "repressively".

The thought slid serpent-like into her mind, making her shiver and cross her arms repressively around her body, as though somehow by doing so she could subdue the ache inside her, the knowledge that she only had to think of Silas, to close her eyes and remember what it had felt like when he kissed her, and immediately she wanted him, ached for him.

Boris said repressively, but Cass was not intimidated and grinned back.