Meaning of unpressingly | Babel Free
Definitions
Not pressingly.
rare
Examples
“Not high Olympus—nor your fructive earth, / E’er to such fairy-forms gave birth: / They vault with sylph-like ease and grace, / From dragons-backs, to th’ hippocampi race: / And are so light of frame, that when they roam, / They ride unpressingly the billows’ foam!”
“It has wit and pleasant malice, but they are not sudden and apart from it, like set jewels, but are inherent in it, and do their work swiftly, casually, and unpressingly.”
“It possesses also a humble appeal of personality, a tone as unpressingly intimate as the touch of a hand on one’s arm.”
““Do you wish to stay for the interment?” asked Helda, formally and unpressingly.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.