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cumulatively

cumulatively

4 5.2
In a way that small amounts add up over time
  • adverb
  • /ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪvli/
translation icon : acumulativamente
  • Whereas this gender difference may not be significant over a one-year period, cumulatively these differences become very apparent by adolescence.
  • individually or cumulatively
  • act cumulatively
  • cumulatively increase

And I think that is for me cumulatively a very oppressive situation.

Examples

  • While these events may not be important individually, cumulatively they portray the quality of life within the culture.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Not a one of these was harmful, but cumulatively, they had some effect.

    Blog text (23)
  • So those little, those little tweaks really cumulatively can have a huge impact.

  • Academic achievement, both within the major and cumulatively, is a major element employers look for before hiring.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The average percentage of correctly implemented protocol steps cumulatively recorded across the three students was 93.3%.

    Academic text (2006)
  • While such wetlands offer little ecological value, they cumulatively constitute a large wetland habitat.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Data in the form of scores obtained from the modified checklist form were then analyzed cumulatively.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The Orton-Gillingham approach employs multisensory techniques to teach language structures sequentially, explicitly, systematically, and cumulatively.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Over the years, the students cumulatively improved their grades, achieving remarkable success by the end of the semester.

  • The committee's decisions cumulatively strengthened the organization's mission and impact in the community.

Synonyms

progressively
vscumulatively
35 4.1

It happens more and more over time

focuses on accumulation through added parts rather than general growth
incrementally
vscumulatively
15 3.8

In small steps over time

builds up by successive additions rather than just small single steps
additively
vscumulatively
  • Specialized
5.8

In a way that puts parts together to make a whole

emphasizes gradual building by repeated small additions rather than mere combining

How Cumulative

increasingly
618 2.8
cumulatively
4 5.2
gradually
273 1.9
incrementally
15 3.8
piecemeal
17 7.0

Surface Forms

cumulatively positive

Morphology

cumulatively = cumulative (transparent) = cumulate + ive + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'cumulative'; the meaning is a direct adverbialization of 'cumulative'.

Etymology

Cumulatively comes from an old Latin word cumulus meaning 'heap' or 'pile', and it is the same root you see in accumulate. So when things happen cumulatively they 'add up' little by little into a larger total.