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progressively

[pruh-gres-iv-lee] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv li /


ADVERB
increasingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


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Progressively active, engaged lifestyles help regulate many of these disease processes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Progressively increase the weight and the sets so that you’re not experiencing pain throughout the full range of motion.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

Progressively increasing the minimum age from 18 was one of 15 interventions recommended in the review ordered by health minister Sajid Javid to help meet a target to be 'smokefree' by 2030.

From Reuters • Jun. 9, 2022

Progressively younger groups of people will follow suit, with the government planning to reach everyone over 18 by September.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2021

Progressively, ever diversifying practical experiences cause words, phrases, and sentences to mean more and different things at the same time.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai