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improving

/ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ adjective A2
  1. That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
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Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · B2
And I was glad that I felt glad, for it shows I’m improving, don’t you think, Marilla, when I can rejoice in Josie’s success?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 237 · C1
Lynde says he is improving every day and the first thing we know some city church will gobble him up and then we’ll be left and have to turn to and break in another green preacher.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 259 · C1

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