incrementally

[in-kruh-men-tl-ee, ing-]

adverb

1. by a series of increases or additions.

   Salary for this position starts at $50,338, rising incrementally to $54,113 per annum.

   Instruments are incrementally added to the song to build up and fill out the chords.

Word History and Origins

Origin of incrementally¹

First recorded in 1825–35; incremental ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

Garcia said Democrats were prepared to publish the full set themselves — but incrementally over the course of the week, arguing that such a release needed to be done carefully to protect victims’ privacy.

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Guggenheim analysts are incrementally more negative, rating the stock at Sell with a $10 price target.

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The country’s tax code relies on a “pay-as-you-go” approach, where households incrementally pay their share of income taxes through the year.

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There are signs things are becoming incrementally less bad.

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The buyer of the swap—the buyer of insurance—would be paid off not all at once, if and when the entire pool of mortgages went bust, but incrementally, as individual homeowners went into default.

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