accumulatively
In growing totals
In a manner that builds up or increases over time through successive additions.
The word emphasizes gradual growth rather than sudden change: The evidence accumulatively pointed toward fraud.
Accumulatively, these small delays cost us weeks.
Often interchangeable with cumulatively, though accumulatively stresses the process of gathering while cumulatively emphasizes the running total.
In a building-up manner
- collectivelyAs a whole group
- summingAdding quantities together
- tallyingSumming items systematically
- amassingCollecting in quantity
compounding · augmenting · totaling · combining · accruing · mounting · stacking · pooling
In increasing stages
- incrementallyBy small successive amounts
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- sequentiallyIn ordered succession
- bit-by-bitIn gradual increments
piecemeal · steadily · continuously · phased · methodically · successively · iteratively · slowly
Complete combined amount
- aggregateCombined sum total
- tallyRecorded count
- overallInclusive of everything
- collectivelyAs a whole group
altogether · combined · gross
Profits paid to shareholders
- reinvestingReturning profits to principal
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- snowballingIncreasing by rapid accumulation
cumulatively
In a building-up manner
- collectivelyAs a whole group
- summingAdding quantities together
- tallyingSumming items systematically
amassing · compounding · augmenting · totaling · combining · accruing · mounting · stacking · pooling · consolidating
progressively
In increasing stages
- incrementallyBy small successive amounts
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- sequentiallyIn ordered succession
bit-by-bit · piecemeal · steadily · continuously · phased · methodically · successively · iteratively · slowly · deliberately
sum-total
Complete combined amount
collectively · altogether · combined · gross
dividends
Profits paid to shareholders
- reinvestingReturning profits to principal
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- snowballingIncreasing by rapid accumulation
accumulativelyall at once
Occurring without gradual buildup
instantaneously · simultaneously · suddenly · immediately · at once
accumulativelyindividually
One at a time
separately · independently · discretely · singly · one by one