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claustrophobically
adverb
uk /ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌklɑː.strəˈfoʊ.bɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, because of being small and closed :
The room was furnished with a single bed and a desk, and was claustrophobically small.
The movie begins claustrophobically, as we see the bustle of the hospital room from the patient's perspective.
in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, because of being very limited :
Almost everyone in this claustrophobically close-knit society is related to one or more of the defendants.
He allowed himself to be claustrophobically enfolded in his family's embrace.
He wants the place to look as claustrophobically uninviting to us as it does to his lonely hero.
There was a sense of people trapped claustrophobically within their own minds.
Black clouds hang claustrophobically low, tumbling towards the horizon.
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bite-sized
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sampler
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