decreasingly

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Recent Examples of decreasingly 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
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Adverb
  • Duenas expected sales to climb sharply in the weeks leading up to the tournament and said his customers are coming from all walks of life, including fans from foreign countries.
    Dian Zhang, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Today, visitors can spot wildlife like bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets among the sharply eroded buttes.
    Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
Adverb
  • Virality, however, is not the same as long-term brand value, something ALO appears acutely aware of.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In those first days, the people closest to the disaster felt acutely the absence of any assistance from their own government.
    Joshua Partlow, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Because its site slopes steeply, the house has upstairs and downstairs entrances.
    Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
  • The island rises steeply from the blue waters of the Atlantic and Caribbean.
    R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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“Decreasingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decreasingly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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