compressingly
English
Etymology
compressing + -ly
Adverb
compressingly (not comparable)
- So as to compress.
- 1843, Charles Reece Pemberton, William Johnson Fox, Sir John Fowler, The Life and Literary Remains of Charles Reece Pemberton (page 192)
- 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)