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progressive

 
 
/prəʊˈgresɪv/ adjective

Definition

MODERN thinking or behaving in a new or modern way: progressive ideas/attitudes
GRADUAL developing or happening gradually: a progressive disease
progressively adverb gradually: My headaches are getting progressively worse.
(Definition of progressive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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