adv
Meaning 1
In a cumulative manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cumulatively
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CMU ARPABET: K Y UW1 M Y AH0 L AH0 T IH2 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a cumulative manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English cumulative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English cumulatively From cumulative + -ly.