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compressively

compressively adverb: in a compressive way.

Adverb

compressively (comparative more compressively, superlative most compressively)

  1. In a compressive way.

Forms of compressively

comparativemore compressively
superlativemost compressively

Origin of compressively

From compressive + -ly.

Questions about compressively

What does compressively mean?
Compressively means in a compressive way.
What part of speech is compressively?
Compressively is an adverb.

Words near compressively in the dictionary

  1. compressionless
  2. compressions
  3. compressive
  4. compressive strength
  5. compressive strengths
  6. compressively
  7. compressiveness
  8. compressometer
  9. compressometers
  10. compressometric
  11. compressometry

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