PROGRESSIVELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

progressively

adverb

Definition of progressively

as in increasingly

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Recent Examples of progressively These very serious diseases, which often have pediatric onset, are often fatal and progressively debilitating, so families are desperate for a treatment. — Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026 The Swiss watchmaker appears among purchases that grow progressively less attainable, from perfume and a Roche Bobois Mah Jong sofa to an apartment, a personality and an entirely new life. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 Tickets then get progressively cheaper in categories farther away from the floor or field. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 31 July 2026 African players have also been progressively finding success in the NWSL over the past few years. — Pj Green july 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Moving into the latter part of this week, temperatures will progressively warm, and the heat index will rise to as high as 115° by Friday. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Each locks you into a progressively longer plan, while the monthly price also decreases. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026 Farther east, progressively less of the eclipse will be visible before moonset. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 July 2026 Santa Clara County has recorded progressively fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths since the early years of the pandemic, before vaccines became available and broader immunity developed. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

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Areas where forecasts consistently predict clear skies — or persistent cloud — will become increasingly obvious as eclipse day approaches.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The rise of Black power influenced Chicano activism, and many Mexican Americans increasingly shed illusions that they could be seen as white, at least legally so, and rejected assimilationist impulses.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of increasingly

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Amendment 5 would direct the Legislature to gradually eliminate the individual income tax as state revenue grows.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Redbord pointed to how this token was concentrated in a small number of hands and price support eroded gradually, instead of all at once.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of gradually

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