In a contractive manner; in a way that causes contraction or reduction.
From 'contractive' (tending to contract) + '-ly' (in the manner of). This adverb describes how something happens when the contractive force or tendency is applied.
Materials respond contractively to temperature changes—they actually shrink in the cold and expand in the heat, which engineers have to carefully account for!
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