Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

progressively

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gres-sive-ly
IPA: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a progressive manner.

adv

As part of a progression.

Example Sentences

"increase something progressively"
"progressively grow"
"progressively raise the standards"
"The questions get progressively more difficult"

Etymology

Etymology tree English progressive Middle English -ly English -ly English progressively From progressive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more progressively (comparative) most progressively (superlative)

Synonyms

increasingly more and more

Rhymes With

aggressively excessively successively impressively obsessively

Questions

How do you pronounce progressively?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/.
What does progressively mean?: In a progressive manner.
Where does progressively come from?: Etymology tree English progressive Middle English -ly English -ly English progressively From progressive + -ly.

How to pronounce progressively

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