CRESCIVELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

crescively

adverb

as in increasingly

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After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Humanitarian workers say the emotional toll is becoming increasingly visible inside temporary shelters.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

Definition of increasingly

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Admissions decisions progressively depend on information that cannot be independently evaluated by applicants, parents, legislators, or even many faculty members.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
As noted above, though, that genome was only distributed into the next generation of cells at random, and pieces of it were progressively lost over each generation.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of progressively

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And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026

Definition of little by little

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Lindsey and her team have now rebuilt the bridge piece by piece, if just a bit further downstream.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of piece by piece

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