The Collaborative International Dictionary
accretionary \accretionary\ adj. Marked or produced by accretion.
increasing \increasing\ adj.
becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing
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same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.
(Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ]
Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
WordNet
adj. marked or produced by accretion
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "accretionary".
Because of the accretionary nature of the evolution of the brain, R-complex functions could be utilized or partially bypassed but not ignored.