suppressively

Variant of suppress

transitive verb

    1. to put down by force; subdue; quell; crush
    2. to abolish by authority
  1. to keep from appearing or being known, published, etc.: to suppress a news story, a book, etc.
  2. to keep back; restrain; check: to suppress a laugh, a cough, etc.
  3. to check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)
  4. Electronics to eliminate or weaken (an unwanted oscillation, echo, etc.) in a circuit
  5. Psychiatry to consciously dismiss from the mind (unacceptable ideas, impulses, etc.)

Origin: ME suppressen < L suppressus, pp. of supprimere, to press under, suppress < sub-, sub- + premere, to press

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