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Definition of Compressively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compressively
Literary usage of Compressively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
".Stealthily, as if on shoes of felt, — as if ou paws of velvet, with eyes luminous,
tail bushy, — he walks warily, all energies compressively summoned, ..."
2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Stealthily, as if on shoes of felt,—as if on paws of velvet, with eyes luminous,
tail bushy, —he walks warily, all energies compressively summoned, ..."
3. On Heroes, Hero-worship, & the Heroic in History: Six Lectures ; Reported by Thomas Carlyle (1846)
"It was rigorous, too frugal, compressively secluded, every ' way unscientific:
yet in that very strictness and domestic soli- ' tude might there not lie the ..."
4. Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (1896)
"It was rigorous, too frugal, compressively ' secluded, every way unscientific :
yet in that very strict- 15 ' ness and domestic solitude might there not ..."
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