different between grow vs growingly

English

Etymology

From Middle English growen, from Old English gr?wan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?an? (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????/, [??????]
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?/, [???o??]
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)

1. (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

2. (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

3. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.

4. (intransitive) To develop, to mature.

5. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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6. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
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7. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Antonyms

• shrink

Derived terms

Translations

References

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Middle English

Verb

grow

1. Alternative form of growen

English

Etymology

growing +? -ly

Adverb

growingly (comparative more growingly, superlative most growingly)

1. To a growing or increasing degree

   This society is growingly democratic.

Synonyms

• increasingly