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accumulative
[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]
adjective
- tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.
Other Words From
- ac·cumu·lative·ly adverb
- ac·cumu·lative·ness noun
- nonac·cumu·la·tive adjective
- nonac·cumu·la·tive·ly adverb
- nonac·cumu·la·tive·ness noun
- unac·cumu·lative adjective
- unac·cumu·lative·ly adverb
- unac·cumu·lative·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of accumulative1
Example Sentences
Their failure is of the everyday variety—accumulative and quietly disappointing.
Joy and pleasure are of a transitory nature only, while pain and sorrow are of a permanent and accumulative character.
Next: ‘Aia’ is generally an accumulative yet depreciative termination.
People with accumulative minds wander through the museum, very interesting, "Just look at this mosaic, John."
But the stimulus which one invention afforded to another gave an accumulative power to the application of new methods.
There is a well-marked distinction between the excitable and what I will call the accumulative temperament in patients.
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