HIERARCHICALLY Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

hierarchically

adverb

as in gradually

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Recent Examples of hierarchically Their fix is to let the same model that does the reasoning also curate the knowledge, stored as human-readable notes and organized hierarchically with provenance and a lifecycle so stale plays decay rather than calcify. — Jesse Li, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Clearly, trajectories are also influenced if not monitored by the structural affordances provided by the designers who have functionally and hierarchically classified pieces of information. — Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

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But the rock is under constant monitoring, evacuation plans are prepared and experts say the rock is more likely to break down gradually than in one huge chunk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
As competence and sustained performance increase, those boundaries can gradually loosen.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of gradually

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Researchers found that microglia, the main immune cells in the brain, progressively declined between age 50 and 75.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Aug. 2026
Training used as many as 128 GPUs and approximately 21,000 GPU hours, with experiments showing progressively better tracking and generalization as data, model size, and compute increased.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressively

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At first determined to capture him, little by little Araí starts to understand, and eventually, to identify with the villain.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
The mother shares portions of the stew with family and friends as a kind of birth announcement, and then consumes the rest little by little over several months.

— Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of little by little

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