compressingly

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adverb

So as to compress.

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Meanings

adverbcompressingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo 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

From compressing + -ly.

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APA

compressingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compressingly

MLA

“compressingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compressingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compressingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compressingly.

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