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

It’s a controversial position, but also one that is increasingly popular.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Americans increasingly have to fund their own retirement as pensions have fallen away.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

AI continues to drive demand across the semiconductor industry as companies need increasingly capable chips to power the technology, with some executives in the sector flagging that demand for chips is outpacing supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

American Airlines reports earnings Thursday against an increasingly difficult backdrop for U.S. carriers amid surging jet fuel prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

But such a model becomes increasingly complicated as we try to describe the behaviour of things further and further away from Earth, across the Solar System.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Related Words

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