deterioratingly
advEtymology From deteriorating + -ly.
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In a manner that makes worse.
- In climates which operate deterioratingly upon the sheep, its good qualities can be maintained only by continued importations...1829, John S. Skinner, The American Farmer, page 266:
- Text books are frequently and deterioratingly changed and the result is that they repel the students.1970, L. D. Gupta, A new venture in education, page 54:
- Antonyms
- amelioratingly