decreasingly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decrease
▶verb /dɪˈkriːs/ make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. ▶noun /ˈdiːkriːs/ an instance of decreasing.
■ the action of decreasing.
– derivatives
decreasing adjective,
decreasingly adverb.
decreasing adjective,
decreasingly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. decreis (n.), decreistre (v.), based on L. decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’.
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