increasingly

[in-kree-sing-lee]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of increasingly¹

increasing ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

These findings point to the types of stories that would increasingly bring young people out to theaters or to their screens, Uhls said.

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But as matcha demand has gone global, U.S. businesses are increasingly competing with buyers from Europe to the Middle East to Southeast Asia.

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Speaking after he was named Global Champion at the recent BBC Green Sport Awards, he said it was not easy to promote sustainability in a sport increasingly defined by global expansion.

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Chinese pharma companies are increasingly drawing investor interest, with appetite for Chinese biotech names pushing the Hang Seng Biotech Index up nearly 90% so far this year.

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Such factors have increasingly drawn families to cruising, so much so that about one-third of them now sail with at least three generations, according to a 2024 report from Cruise Lines International Assn.

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Related Words

• more 
• more and more 
• progressively