diminishingly
- adverb
- /dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋli/
:
de manera decreciente
- The Ferris wheel was an ellipsoid of neon, with one car with people (two Negro midgets) in it, the others diminishingly smaller, then larger around the circumference.
Examples
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The volume of the music was diminishingly low as the night went on.
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Beyond that, the contrast function and depth of exposure are diminishingly small.
Academic text (2001) -
As the sun set, the light became diminishingly faint, casting shadows across the landscape.
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Her enthusiasm for the project faded diminishingly with each setback she encountered.
Synonyms
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8.3
To a degree that is almost zero
In a way that becomes less over time
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
diminishingly = diminishing (transparent) = diminish + ing + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'diminishing', so the meaning follows directly from 'diminish' → 'diminishing' → 'diminishingly'.
Etymology
Diminishingly comes from diminish, which comes from Latin de- 'down' and minuere 'make small'. So think of turning something down or making it smaller and smaller, which is why diminishingly means 'to a smaller and smaller degree' or 'almost nothing'.