Trying to find out a simpler way to refer to someone who is actively looking to grow and excel at what she is doing.
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Is that what you think "ever-improving" means?– JHCLOct 15, 2015 at 20:51
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'ambitious' maybe. Can you provide a sample sentence with a gap where the word would go?– chasly - supports MonicaOct 15, 2015 at 20:55
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Honing your skilles english.stackexchange.com/questions/226261/…– BookeaterOct 15, 2015 at 21:11
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"Perfectionist" ?– GraffitoOct 15, 2015 at 21:21
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It’s not all the way there, but for me “progressing” alone (“advancing,” too for that matter) contains more of the notion of “ever” (or at least continuity toward the next level) than “improving” alone does.
Although not quite to the point of rendering “ever-progressing” (or “ever-advancing”) redundant, it is used (without “ever”) here together with “ever-improving” (although one could argue that the author intended the “ever” to carry-over to “progressing”). (example of this usage from ‘The Brahmavâdin, Volume 8’/Google Books)
Progress[ing]-verb: “B2 to improve or develop in skills, knowledge, etc. / C2 to continue gradually
Advanc[e/ing]-verb: “(MOVE FORWARD) … to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something
(both from Cambridge Dictionaries Online)
answered Oct 15, 2015 at 22:26
