0 in a cruel and unfair way that does not allow people the freedom they should have: --
The law might be used oppressively by the narrow-minded.
1 in a way that makes people feel worried or uncomfortable: --
2 in a way that is uncomfortable because it is hot and there is no wind: --
The air was the kind of steamy haze that sticks to your skin oppressively.
They complained about the oppressively steamy weather.
In July, even up here in the hills, the sun can be oppressively hot.
Social convention weighs oppressively on them.
The book is a horrifying, oppressively bleak, vastly entertainly masterpiece.
The film creates an oppressively claustrophobic atmosphere.