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

Researchers are increasingly exploring how fermentation can improve the availability of bioactive compounds, create new metabolites, and influence the gut microbiota.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Now scientists and entrepreneurs are increasingly exploring its potential as a nutrition-rich, sustainable food.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Carmakers are increasingly exploring links between EVs and grids as the mass roll-out of EVs gathers pace.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

Cancer researchers are increasingly exploring whether they can eliminate or scale back treatments to spare patients from tough side effects—and costs—without jeopardizing survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2018

But authorities were increasingly exploring the emerging connections between Britain and Libya.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2017

Related Words

• more
• more and more
• progressively