| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| more | to an increasing extent or degree; gradually more |
| increasingly | To an increasing extent; more and more |
| indefinitely | To an unlimited or unspecified degree or extent |
| populations | The specified extent or degree to which an area is or has been populated |
| to | ed as a function word (1) to indicate the extent or degree (as of completeness or accuracy) loyal to a man generous to a fault or the extent and result (as of an action or a condition) beaten to death (2) to indicate the last or an intermediate point of a series moderate to cool temperatures |
| so | an indicated or suggested extent or degree had never been so happy |
