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decreasingly

/dɪˈkɹiːsɪŋ(ɡ)li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
de-creas-ing-ly
IPA
/dɪˈkɹiːsɪŋ(ɡ)li/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a decreasing manner; progressively less.

Etymology

Etymology tree English decreasing Middle English -ly English -ly English decreasingly From decreasing + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /dɪˈkɹiːsɪŋ(ɡ)li/

Inflected Forms

more decreasingly (comparative) most decreasingly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce decreasingly?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈkɹiːsɪŋ(ɡ)li/.
What does decreasingly mean?
In a decreasing manner; progressively less.
Where does decreasingly come from?
Etymology tree English decreasing Middle English -ly English -ly English decreasingly From decreasing + -ly.

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