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progressively
[ pruh-gres-iv-lee ]
adverb
- by degrees or stages; incrementally:
If the disease remains unchecked, the rate of infection in the herd increases progressively over time.
Over a five-year period, she became progressively weaker.
- in a way characterized by or favoring improvement, reform, advances in social policy or conditions, more enlightened ideas, etc.:
Imagine a political party that actually wants America to be governed progressively.
Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Origin of progressively1
Example Sentences
Over the next five to ten years, I think it’s inevitable that economic interdependence will progressively unravel.
The clampdown on the media is central to that trajectory, as the government has progressively crushed criticism or debate.
But it became progressively worse as the hour developed.
Sean Evans is best known for his YouTube show Hot Ones, where he interviews celebrities while they eat chicken wings that get progressively spicier.
She got "progressively worse" over the following 10 months, until she was partly diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis - an inflammation of the brain.
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