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

Joining forces with Cloudera will bolster Mistral’s exposure to clients across regulated industries as enterprises seek increasingly capable AI models to streamline their operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"What I would expect is that patients will... increasingly see AI as part of the way that normal NHS healthcare is delivered," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Fed officials, increasingly divided over where rates should go, will be watching Friday’s consumer inflation report closely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Italy, Japan, and eventually Germany withdrew in the face of League criticism, and other nations increasingly ignored the organization’s decisions.

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

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