deterioratingly
English
Etymology
deteriorating + -ly
Adverb
deterioratingly (comparative more deterioratingly, superlative most deterioratingly)
- In a manner that makes worse.
- 1829, John S. Skinner, The American Farmer, page 266:
- In climates which operate deterioratingly upon the sheep, its good qualities can be maintained only by continued importations...
- 1970, L. D. Gupta, A new venture in education, page 54:
- Text books are frequently and deterioratingly changed and the result is that they repel the students.
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Antonyms
- amelioratingly