inˈgressively, adv.
[f. ingressive a. + -ly2.]
In an ingressive manner.
| 1921 H. Poutsma Characters of Eng. Verb i. 2 The actions expressed by verbs..may be..(1) indefinitely durative,..(2) ingressively durative, i.e. with the initial stage of the action more distinctly thought of than the rest. 1928 ― Gram. Late Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) i. 2 The combinations into which they [sc. copulas] enter are a) indefinitely durative, b) continuatively durative, or c) ingressively durative. 1969 M. M. Firestone in Halpert & Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 66 ‘Yes’ and sometimes ‘no’ are indeed normally uttered ingressively in this area. |