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- adverb In a
compromising manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oftentimes they are infographically dense without being cluttered, readily comprehensible without being too compromisingly simplistic, visually gorgeous without being unnecessarily flashy.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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And did I mention it's at the gym, which means that not only do I get to see her sporting some sexy barely-there workout gear, but I also get to visually enjoy the three-dimensional sight of her in some compromisingly twisted positions, which stretching requires.
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Oftentimes they are infographically dense without being cluttered, readily comprehensible without being too compromisingly simplistic, visually gorgeous without being unnecessarily flashy.
Erasing Mountains, Defining Wetlands, Geoengineering the Planet & Other Infographics from 2007
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We figure that the imperialist war against us will continue, and we will maintain the position of principle compromisingly, as the revolution has done from the first day.
26 JULY ANNIVERSARY 1971
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Heraclitus, and the Pythagoreans, chose to stand un - compromisingly against the religious tradition.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREDERICK FERR 1968
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Frank was just about to protest when she added compromisingly: "I'll make some more for lunch."
The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained Laura Lee Hope
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Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocksalready in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly.
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932
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Lizzie, hitherto un-compromisingly a cook, had so far unbent this summer as to offer to fill the place of waitress as well as her own.
Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Finally she said compromisingly to herself that she would make one "square," just one part of her design, to see how it would look.
Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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It looked compromisingly new when it came to me from the shop.
Seven Men Max Beerbohm 1914
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