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

Example Sentences

The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's

While stocks ended where they began, the real action came in precious metals, with investors rushing to gold and silver amid an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment.

From Barron's

It’s an agreeably heartfelt reminder that children are powered by an imaginative daring and purity of bonding we’d be wise to nurture, not squelch, if we’re going to learn how to inhabit the increasingly uninhabitable.

From Los Angeles Times

The role is a first for Morgan Stanley as it dives deeper into the boom in private markets, an increasingly lucrative area across Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal

As illustrated by this and other recent transactions involving The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Giants, sports are hot and increasingly interesting to institutional investors.

From Barron's

Related Words

• more
• more and more
• progressively