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

As people around the world live longer and the proportion of older adults grows, age-related conditions such as dementia are becoming increasingly common.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

And replacing Diablo’s steady power with a combination of solar and batteries would be technically possible but increasingly expensive, particularly during the periods of highest demand, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But lengthier and more frequent periods of hot and dry weather are increasingly a challenge.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

He says clients are increasingly intentional about travel, weighing which trips are worth taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Yet Hoover—that “slender bundle of high-charged electric wire,” as one reporter described him—was growing increasingly impatient.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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