decreasingly

adverb

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of decreasingly People are decreasingly able to tell what’s real and what’s fake, and that’s due in large part to the mainstreaming of this technology catalyzed by OpenAI itself. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 Increasingly bitter about being cheated, and decreasingly able or willing to hide it, Rick exhibits erratic behavior that alienates his friends, his family, his band. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreasingly
  1. sharply
  2. acutely
  3. steeply
Adverb
  • It’s been swinging sharply recently and pinballed between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that a deal in the war could allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again and deliver crude worldwide.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Clashes escalated sharply in February when Afghan forces launched a raid into Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of sharply
Adverb
  • Vance’s comments also seemed to suggest that the administration was more acutely focused on the economic impact of the war than the original aims of the war itself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The shortage is costing Ukraine most acutely, where cities some nights appear defenseless to Moscow’s rocket assaults.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of acutely
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  • However, hiring has slowed steeply for blue-collar occupations.
    — Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The outbreak in Michigan began with two cases reported on June 22 and rose steeply at the start of July.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of steeply

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