increasingly
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- encreasingly (obsolete)
Etymology
    
From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly.
Pronunciation
    
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Adverb
    
increasingly (not comparable)
- Increasing in amount or intensity.
- 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 15:- Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.
 
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:- As more and more people moved behind the increasingly larger walls, the fortress settlement evolved into the walled city.
 
- 2023 July 26, Ben Jones, “EU open access growth offers pointers for UK hopefuls”, in RAIL, number 988, page 32:- They will remind you that rail already faces fierce competition from cars, coaches, airlines, and (increasingly) remote working and videoconferencing.
 
 
Synonyms
    
Translations
    
increasing in amount or intensity
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