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egressive

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e⋅gres⋅sive

  [i-gres-iv]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to egress.
2. Phonetics. produced with an outward flow of air from the lungs, as most speech sounds (opposed to ingressive ).
Origin:
1685–95; < L ēgress(us) (see egression ) + -ive
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