Deterioratingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner that makes worse.

    "In climates which operate deterioratingly upon the sheep, its good qualities can be maintained only by continued importations..."

Example

More examples

"In climates which operate deterioratingly upon the sheep, its good qualities can be maintained only by continued importations..."

Etymology

From deteriorating + -ly.

More for "deterioratingly"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.