increasingly

[in-kree-sing-lee]

adverb

1. to an ever greater degree; more and more: Marketers are increasingly using video to create meaningful emotional connections with their consumers.

   He became increasingly nervous and overwrought and began to suffer bouts of depression.

   Marketers are increasingly using video to create meaningful emotional connections with their consumers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of increasingly¹

increasing ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The models enable the development of powerful AI applications that people are increasingly using to write, code and help with other tasks.

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The American left and right look increasingly like their Latin American counterparts.

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These findings point to the types of stories that would increasingly bring young people out to theaters or to their screens, Uhls said.

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But as matcha demand has gone global, U.S. businesses are increasingly competing with buyers from Europe to the Middle East to Southeast Asia.

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Speaking after he was named Global Champion at the recent BBC Green Sport Awards, he said it was not easy to promote sustainability in a sport increasingly defined by global expansion.

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Related Words

• more 
• more and more 
• progressively