crescively

adverb

Definition of crescivelynext
as in increasingly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescively
  1. increasingly
  2. little by little
  3. piece by piece
Adverb
  • His spaceflight ambitions have fostered an increasingly close relationship with SpaceX CEO Musk, who became one of Trump’s biggest backers and is poised to have an outsized role in the administration.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But such a life is becoming increasingly impossible to sustain, for Jenna is now in rural Russia in the wintry Siberian town of Magadan.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of increasingly
Adverb
  • And all of that, little by little, starts building a new momentum.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • During Trump’s first term, there was no visible breakthrough, but the level of U.S. support for Ukraine did grow little by little, mainly because over time there was a better understanding of the situation on the ground.
    Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of little by little
Adverb
  • People can also buy the necessary components online, either piece by piece or all together in what are called buy-build-shoot kits.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Individuals purchase the parts to assemble the gun, either piece by piece or in assembly kits.
    April Rubin, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of piece by piece
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Thesaurus Entries Near crescively

crescentic

crescively

crest

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