accumulative

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]

/ əˈkyu myəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /

tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.

tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.

Origin of accumulative

First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive

ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb

non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun

The result is a sort of accumulative lie, made by successive individual contributions of little dashes of exaggeration.

The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms |John A. Cone
How well this practical horticulturist appreciates and illustrates the gradual and accumulative force of selection!

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Darwin
It combines a system of 'privileged purveyors' with an accumulative savings fund.

France and the Republic |William Henry Hurlbert
Next: ‘Aia’ is generally an accumulative yet depreciative termination.

The Browning Cyclopdia |Edward Berdoe

Some of the more thrifty and accumulative residents cultivated the plateaus on which they had fixed their habitations.

A Prince of Anahuac |James A. Porter