Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a progressive manner; by gradual or regular steps or advances.
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- adverb In a
progressive manner. - adverb As part of a
progression .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some chart watchers have been warning about a "rounded top," similar to a "head-and-shoulders" formation, both of which are characterized by progressively lower highs before the market takes a sharper turn down.
Chart Watchers See Upbeat Turn Jonathan Cheng 2011
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As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia – and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press – one thing has become overwhelmingly clear.
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As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia – and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press – one thing has become overwhelmingly clear.
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On the ground, what we see, progressively is the growing inability of government simply to govern, whether at local or national level, combined with a complete take-over by the apparatchik – rule by officials, whether at local, national or supranational level.
No wonder we are in such trouble Richard 2006
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CD56 bright NK cells, but more importantly their expression progressively decreased in CD56 dimNKG2A+ and CD56dimNKG2A −
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vivien Béziat et al. 2010
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The school was even designed "progressively" - no corridors, you literally walked through class rooms to get to your class.
Back to School. Glyn Davies 2008
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As dependency ratios now get relooked, foreign worker levies will be raised "progressively" - giving companies time to adjust.
TODAYonline 2010
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A Hand-Book of Exercises and Reading-Lessons for Beginners in Latin, progressively illustrated by Grammatical References.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various
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In the presence of both dynasore and nocodazole, Cav1. 2 surface expression progressively decreases, further suggesting that microtubule disruption reduces forward trafficking of Cav1. 2 to the plasma membrane.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Ting-Ting Hong et al. 2010
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As I argued in January, it is from a careless acquiescence to this egalitarian falsehood that Americans have been steadily -- one might well say "progressively" -- marched to the point where the homophobia. "
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