depressive
adjective
tending to cause depression.
depressively
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a word derived from
depressive.
Example Sentences
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That’s one casualty of the department store exodus, and it’s just as true of those still hanging depressively on for dear life.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2021
The register is manic horror-comedy rather than depressively dystopian.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2018
So although my symptoms are under control for now, I worry, depressively, about what will happen when I exhaust the meds.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015
Any week involving the word Pudsey or royal or featuring endless "creative meetings" showcasing depressively derivative suggestions on how to compete against – meaning limply copy – Downton, The Cube or The X Factor.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013
Closing the Broadway show, the comedians split amicably—only to rejoin when Elaine wrote A Matter of Position, a comedy starring Mike as a manic market researcher depressively afraid that people would hate him.
From Time Magazine Archive
