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adding

/ˈæ.dɪŋ/ noun A2
  1. An act of addition.

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She was very beautiful, but her usual pallor had increased; her eyes were more brilliant than ever, and her hands, which were generally white like mother-of-pearl, now more resembled wax, to which time was adding a yellowish hue.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 926 · C1
The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 226 · B2
The doctor, without shaking hands with Villefort, without adding a word to what he had said, went out, amid the tears and lamentations of the whole household.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 823 · C1
Reynolds replied, that he was; adding, “But we expect him to-morrow, with a large party of friends.” How rejoiced was Elizabeth that their own journey had not by any circumstance been delayed a day!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 275 · B2

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