adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a compressing way; with compression.
1830. Fraser’s Mag., I. 411 [see COMPRESSEDLY]. Ibid. (1854), XLIX. 164. The ant-eater embraces and hugs him so compressingly, as very soon to squeeze him to death.
adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a compressing way; with compression.
1830. Fraser’s Mag., I. 411 [see COMPRESSEDLY]. Ibid. (1854), XLIX. 164. The ant-eater embraces and hugs him so compressingly, as very soon to squeeze him to death.
