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

"The data now available allow increasingly precise stellar ages to serve as powerful tools for decoding the story of the Milky Way, ushering in a new era of discovery about our home Galaxy."

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Asked why he thought logistics firms like his were increasingly switching to electric trucks, Wang said it was a combination of national policies and simple market logic.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Industry checks from Jefferies at Google Cloud Next showed increasingly positive sentiment for Google’s trajectory and earnings results this week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Surveys increasingly indicate that majorities of both Democrats and Republicans oppose AI data centers in their cities, posing challenges for tech companies eager to expand their computing footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But as the war progressed, American sympathies increasingly favored the Allies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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