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compressed
Part of Speech: noun
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1. Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix, or an infinitive without the sign to. Many flat adverbs, as in run fast, buy cheap, are from AS. adverbs in - e, the loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives. Some having forms in ly, such as exceeding, wonderful, true, are now archaic.
Examples of usage:
- Ovary superior, compressed and borne on a disc. - "The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines", T. H. Pardo de Tavera.
- His face was pale and his lips compressed as he watched his opponent's play like a man fascinated. - "Revenge!", by Robert Barr.
- He was pale, and his lips were firmly compressed, but he exerted himself and talked a great deal. - "Ellen Middleton--A Tale", Georgiana Fullerton.