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compressingly

compressingly adverb: so as to compress.

Adverb

compressingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to compress.
    • The first touch of the strings thrilled through her every limb: she shook with a convulsive motion, and drew her arms and elbows close, compressingly, against her sides, and clapped her little hands in ecstacy, […]1843, Charles Reece Pemberton, William Johnson Fox, Sir John Fowler, The Life and Literary Remains of Charles Reece Pemberton, page 192

Origin of compressingly

From compressing + -ly.

Questions about compressingly

What does compressingly mean?
Compressingly means so as to compress.
What part of speech is compressingly?
Compressingly is an adverb.

Words near compressingly in the dictionary

  1. compressibility
  2. compressible
  3. compressibleness
  4. compressibly
  5. compressing
  6. compressingly
  7. compression
  8. compression fracture
  9. compression fractures
  10. compression pump
  11. compression pumps

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