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

When the two rates match, resonance occurs, and the planet's orbit becomes increasingly stretched.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

In the opaque and expensive U.S. healthcare system, where costs are rapidly rising, people are increasingly landing in the nascent DIY healthcare shopping economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

William Osula once again justified that call with his second goal in two games, but Newcastle are an increasingly blunt side lacking aggression, quality and ideas.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

As president of the American Kabaddi Federation, Singh felt increasingly shaken as the cancellations mounted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

If you were in those seats, you could see the play’s set and backdrop through an increasingly translucent man shape.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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