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You're reading that correctly. A digressive valved shock will tend to have a more taught feeling at low speeds compared to a progressive shock that will float a bit. At high shock velocities the progressive shock will feel more harsh.

Modern cars almost exclusively use digressive valved shocks. They tend to control oscillation, especially with stiffer springs, quicker. So you get that bump then set feel instead of the bump then float feel. If you want to get away from that soft float, going to a digressive valved shock will help with that. As will going to stiffer springs in general.