increasingly
adverb
in·creas·ing·ly
in-ˈkrē-siŋ-lē 
ˈin-ˌkrē-
: to an increasing degree
an increasingly dangerous situation
Examples of increasingly in a Sentence
People are becoming increasingly aware of this problem.
Increasingly, scientists are questioning the data.
The situation grew increasingly hopeless.
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Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.
—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
5 July 2026
That reflects fast growth from a low base and is a reminder that future emissions growth will increasingly depend on how developing regions meet rising energy demand.
—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Future work will extend this approach to increasingly complex layered materials, helping determine how broadly these molecular design rules can be applied across the rapidly growing family of organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductors.
—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
5 July 2026
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increasingly
adverb
in·creas·ing·ly
in-ˈkrē-siŋ-lē
ˈin-ˌkrē-
: to an increasing degree : more and more
the work became increasingly difficult
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