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

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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

Researchers are increasingly discovering that the gut microbiome, the vast community of microorganisms living in the digestive tract, influences much more than digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Wall Street money managers like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are increasingly rolling out traditional funds on the blockchain to tap a new wave of investors who are accustomed to managing assets through their crypto wallets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

He said he believed some young men could be drawn towards increasingly extreme material online and called for tighter regulations on children's access to it.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

It’s all part of a growing national effort to instill good money habits and help young adults navigate an increasingly complicated financial world full of debt hazards, betting apps and “finfluencers,” writes Genna Contino.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

And, of course, as replication became the test, historical facts, which had once seemed so solid and reliable, came to seem increasingly fragile and tenuous.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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