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

It is still unclear whether these genetic variants influence weight loss outcomes from GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, which are increasingly used to treat obesity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Here are edited excerpts from those chats, which began rather mundane, turned increasingly strange, and ended up deadly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The same report said consumers are increasingly paying not just for function, but for emotional resonance, identity, and psychological comfort.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The overdue federal ban on BVO underscores a larger shift: in the absence of swift federal action, states are increasingly driving food safety policy in the U.S.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 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

Related Words

• more
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