increasingly

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Definition of increasingly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Increasing in amount or intensity.
    “After the introduction of the Highland Railway class, the progress of the 4-6-0 was tardy for some years.Then, when designers were increasingly turning to it as the answer to their growing motive power problems, production of 4-6-0s swelled into a flood tide.”
    “Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.”
    “As more and more people moved behind the increasingly larger walls, the fortress settlement evolved into the walled city.”
    “Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.”
    “They will remind you that rail already faces fierce competition from cars, coaches, airlines, and (increasingly) remote working and videoconferencing.”

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Etymology

From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly.

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