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Tapering off   /tˈeɪpərɪŋ ɔf/   Listen
Tapering off

adjective
1.
Gradually decreasing until little remains.  Synonyms: dwindling, tapering.






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"Tapering off" Quotes from Famous Books



... me a very fine one, but tastes differ, and to the Lady Capilla it seemed quite the reverse. Rising indignantly, she marched away, her queue running in through the window and gradually tapering off the interview, as it were. Prince Champou saw that he had missed his opportunity, and resolved to repair his error. Straightway he forged an order on Beersheba for thirty yards of love-lock. To serve this writ he sent his business partner; for the Prince ...
— Cobwebs From an Empty Skull • Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)



Words linked to "Tapering off" :   decreasing, tapering



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