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progressively

[pruh-gres-iv-lee] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv li /


ADVERB
increasingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


Example Sentences

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His Sunday show appearances have grown progressively more painful to watch.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Part of this is accounted for by changing consumer habits since the pandemic as people are have spent progressively less time at home and returned to life outside.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

It will progressively pay the A$200 million via regular installments over seven years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Julian Morgan, 40, from Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan, said the situation was getting "progressively worse" with roads "literally crumbling".

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

They had emerged—loosely speaking—because an ancestral antelope had produced a long-necked variant that had been progressively selected by a natural force, such as a famine.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee