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Definition of Repressively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repressively
Literary usage of Repressively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"There were two old gentlemen and one young one, "she said, repressively. "But,
dear Marguerite, you are talking too much ; you must be getting tired. ..."
2. Trusts, Pools, and Corporations by William Zebina Ripley (1916)
"... and that such proceedings may be contested both preventively and repressively.
For these reasons, also, a cartell might be declared invalid. ..."
3. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"A generation ago the school- soster dealt repressively with child nature, dismissing
the child's propensities to play, rove, hunt, collect or fight as a ..."
4. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"A generation ago the school- school master dealt repressively with child nature,
dismissing the child's propensities to play, rove, hunt, collect or fight ..."
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