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

Morgan remains sidelined on the stock for now, “awaiting evidence of execution to the outlined opportunities in an increasingly competitive market,” Chatterjee wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

And it’s become increasingly important to consider where that gold is being stored.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Stacy Schlachter, senior vice president of sales at Penske Logistics, said customers increasingly ask the third-party logistics provider to help them plan for what-if scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Although researchers consider the current risk to people low, they say the continued expansion of CWD in wildlife makes surveillance and disease control efforts increasingly important.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

Still holding the table, which was feeling increasingly heavier, Duane turned around to respond.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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