progressively
Americanadverb
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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.
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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
- nonprogressively adverb
- quasi-progressively adverb
- semiprogressively adverb
- ultraprogressively adverb
- unprogressively adverb
Etymology
Origin of progressively
Example Sentences
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But Lilly has progressively integrated AI into its operations in a bid to get drugs to market sooner.
From Barron's
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
Trade winds tend to blow east-to-west, and heat from the Sun progressively warms the waters as they move in this direction.
From BBC
The program progressively lowers the amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed in the state, and lets emitters buy and sell unused pollution credits, or allowances.
From Los Angeles Times
The three walk-ons and climbing up steep steps onto the stage did not help his condition and his limp got progressively worse throughout the evening.
From BBC
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