Afterwards
Afterwards adverb - Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
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Synonyms for Afterwards
Progressively and afterwards are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progressively" instead an adverb "Afterwards".
Nearby Word: afterward
Progressively
Progressively adverb - Advancing in amount or intensity.
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Synonyms for Progressively
Afterwards and progressively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afterwards" instead an adverb "Progressively".
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Related pairs
- following and afterwards
- following and progressively
- in order and afterwards
- in order and progressively
- under and afterwards
- under and progressively
- behind and afterwards
- behind and progressively
- next and afterwards
- next and progressively
- one after another and afterwards
- one after another and progressively
- afterward and afterwards
- afterward and progressively
Both words in one sentence
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It gets progressively more badass afterwards, to the point where he can use it to slice a (frozen) tsunami wave bigger than a fortress in half with it.
Source: BFS -
The bottom of their torso's turned from round to square in November 2008 (before/after) and progressively shortened afterwards.
Source: Webcomic / Cyanide & Happiness - Some chalk it up to the Dark Kingdom arc of the manga being in the Early Installment Weirdness territory, as the story becomes progressively darker afterwards; some argue that one of the problems with Crystal is that it takes itself way too seriously.
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