increasingly
pronunciation
How to pronounce increasingly in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli]
How to pronounce increasingly in American English:
US [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli]
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- Adverb:
- advancing in amount or intensity
Word Origin
- increasingly (adv.)
- late 14c., from increasing (see increase) + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. European political leaders are increasingly questioning austerity measures too .
- 2. But moscow is looking increasingly isolated .
- 3. Relief efforts have increasingly taken on an ideological dimension .
- 4. The argument that emancipation was a military necessity became increasingly persuasive .
- 5. The answer is a series of increasingly far-sighted measures that range from visiting kindergartens to creating companies inside universities .