cumulatively
- adverb
- /ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪvli/
- 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.
- And I think that is for me cumulatively a very oppressive situation.
Examples
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While these events may not be important individually, cumulatively they portray the quality of life within the culture.
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Not a one of these was harmful, but cumulatively, they had some effect.
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So those little, those little tweaks really cumulatively can have a huge impact.
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Academic achievement, both within the major and cumulatively, is a major element employers look for before hiring.
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The average percentage of correctly implemented protocol steps cumulatively recorded across the three students was 93.3%.
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While such wetlands offer little ecological value, they cumulatively constitute a large wetland habitat.
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Data in the form of scores obtained from the modified checklist form were then analyzed cumulatively.
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The Orton-Gillingham approach employs multisensory techniques to teach language structures sequentially, explicitly, systematically, and cumulatively.
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Over the years, the students cumulatively improved their grades, achieving remarkable success by the end of the semester.
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The committee's decisions cumulatively strengthened the organization's mission and impact in the community.
Synonyms
It happens more and more over time
In small steps over time
In a way that puts parts together to make a whole
How Cumulative
Surface Forms
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.