increasingly

American  

[in-kree-sing-lee] / ɪnˈkri sɪŋ li /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of increasingly

increasing ( def. ) + -ly

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Explanation

This adverb applies to anything that is happening more often, in greater numbers, or with greater intensity. An increasingly hot summer keeps getting hotter. To increase something is to add to it numerically, like increasing the size of your family by having a baby. Anything that happens increasingly is growing in some way. An increasingly depressed person keeps getting sadder. An increasingly sick patient keeps getting worse. An increasingly corrupt government is getting less and less honest. When you see this word, you know something is intensifying.

Example Sentences

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increasingly

An increasingly expensive housing market is forcing many people out of their neighbourhoods, making renting and buying less accessible for newcomers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Markets are increasingly focusing on AI-related companies’ balance-sheet health and credit cycle in addition to their robust growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Micron’s cash position is swelling, but some companies that buy AI chips are increasingly reliant on borrowed money, and that’s helping the AI ecosystem stay afloat.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The revised timeline resolves the apparent contradiction and places the incident during an important period in technological history, when electrical communication systems were becoming increasingly widespread.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

As the junta continued to rule with an iron fist, Farmer became increasingly frustrated and angry.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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