diminishinglyadv.
1. In a diminishing manner or degree; decreasingly.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]
decreasingly1822
diminishingly1827
a-wane1876
reductionally1967
1827 Examiner 262/1 The light..is spread diminishingly over the picture.
1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 449 Most powerful and varied in man, diminishingly so in the lower animals.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adverb]
sinisterlya1492
vilipendiously1536
unworthily1589
detractingly1598
derogatorily1603
diminutively1613
derogatelya1616
diminishingly1672
disparagingly1707
depreciatingly1837
1672 Mede's Wks., Life 7 Some..were induc'd to speak somewhat diminishingly, and below the worth of his [Mede's] Clavis and Commentary upon the Apocalyps.
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 289 To lessen and vilify himself, and speak very diminishingly..of his own worth.
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