HIERARCHICALLY Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

hierarchically

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as in gradually

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Recent Examples of hierarchically Their fix is to let the same model that does the reasoning also curate the knowledge, stored as human-readable notes and organized hierarchically with provenance and a lifecycle so stale plays decay rather than calcify. — Jesse Li, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Clearly, trajectories are also influenced if not monitored by the structural affordances provided by the designers who have functionally and hierarchically classified pieces of information. — Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

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But gradually pretty much all of SpaceX’s launch activity, beginning with Starlink satellites but eventually other commercial satellites, will migrate to Starship.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
However, deposit rates will eventually gradually decline once borrowing costs finally begin to ease, so savers should still choose their deposit account options wisely.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of gradually

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Admissions decisions progressively depend on information that cannot be independently evaluated by applicants, parents, legislators, or even many faculty members.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
As noted above, though, that genome was only distributed into the next generation of cells at random, and pieces of it were progressively lost over each generation.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of progressively

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In an era of entertainment increasingly dependent on franchises, Christopher Nolan has turned his name into one of them.

— Gene Park, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Kyiv has sometimes launched hundreds of drones in a single night, targeting oil refineries, naval vessels and increasingly the Moscow region.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of increasingly

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And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026

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