Meanings
adverbaccumulatively (comparative more accumulatively, superlative most accumulatively)
comparative more accumulatively · superlative most accumulatively
- In an accumulative manner
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
- Latincumulus
- Latincumulō
- Latinaccumulō
- Latinaccumulātus
- Middle Englishaccumylaten
- Englishaccumulate
- Englishaccumulative
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishaccumulatively
From accumulative + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese acumulativamente
- acumulativamentein an accumulative manner
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accumulatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accumulatively
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“accumulatively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accumulatively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accumulatively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accumulatively.
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