progressively 音標拼音: [prɑgr'ɛsɪvli]
ad . 前進地;進步地
前進地;進步地
progressively adv 1 :
advancing in amount or intensity ; "
she became increasingly depressed " [
synonym : {
increasingly },
{
progressively }, {
more and more }]
Progressive \
Pro *
gress "
ive \,
a . [
Cf .
F .
progressif .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Moving forward ;
proceeding onward ;
advancing ;
evincing progress ;
increasing ;
as ,
progressive motion or course ; --
opposed to {
retrograde }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Improving ;
as ,
art is in a progressive state .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
U .
S .
History )
Of or pertaining to the Progressive party .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
4 .
Favoring improvement ,
change ,
progress ,
or reform ,
especially in a political context ; --
used of people .
Contrasted with {
conservative }.
[
PJC ]
Note :
The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician ,
where {
liberal }
might have been used at one time ,
in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views .
[
PJC ]
5 .
Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education ,
holding tolerant and liberal ideas ,
and generally favoring improvement in civic life ; --
of towns and communities .
[
PJC ]
{
Progressive euchre }
or {
Progressive whist },
a way of playing at card parties ,
by which after every game ,
the losers at the first table go to the last table ,
and the winners at all the tables ,
except the first ,
move up to the next table .
{
Progressive muscular atrophy } (
Med .),
a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pro *
gress "
ive *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pro *
gress "
ive *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
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