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accretionary

adj. marked or produced by accretion

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accelerative, acceleratory

adj. tending to increase velocity

accretive

adj. growing by accretion

rising

adj. increasing in amount or degree: "rising prices"

augmentative

adj. increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"

expanding

adj. increasing in size or area or volume or bulk or range: "an expanding universe"; "our expanding work load"

aflare, flaring

adj. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze"

growing

adj. increasing in size or degree or amount; "her growing popularity"; "growing evidence of a world depression"; "a growing city"; "growing businesses"

incorporative

adj. growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories; "the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state"

lengthening

adj. increasing in length: "the lengthening days of February"

maximizing, maximising

adj. making as great as possible

multiplicative

adj. tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation"

profit-maximizing, profit-maximising

adj. making the profit as great as possible; "the profit-maximizing price"

raising

adj. increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

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accretionary

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