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

While researchers agree it isn’t a perfect indicator of an AI model’s behavior or intent, it is widely considered a valuable tool for understanding increasingly intelligent AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Families who have been displaced several times during the war increasingly ask where they could go next, and whether they might even be forced to leave Gaza altogether.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

With fewer options free of AI risks, investors have had to turn to other corners of the stock market to provide some buffer against an AI-related unwinding, and negative beta has increasingly become an option.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Not that restaurant owners are becoming less generous, but that the economic forces pressing on them increasingly require them to show their work.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 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

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