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

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

But they are increasingly funneling dollars toward less famous stocks that they are hoping will emerge as the next set of AI superstars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

"The modern apprentice is increasingly learning two things at once: the practical skill of making, and the digital skill of using technology to understand what is happening in production," explains Iveson.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Companies will increasingly migrate “midtier” AI tasks to cheaper models, while reserving frontier-model usage for more complex multistep agentic processes, Sen said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Yet the fortunes of the entire AI supply chain increasingly rest on contracts that have become larger and longer-dated as companies jostle for AI-related business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

As time goes on and research improves, the reality of consecutive negative tests becomes increasingly attainable.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Related Words

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