# increasingly

Pronunciation: say "in-KREE-sing-lee" US /ɪnˈkɹisɪŋli/, UK /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋli/

## Adverb

1. To a greater and greater degree; more and more as time or circumstances progress.
   - Simple: More and more as time goes on, reaching a greater amount or level.
   - _Customers are increasingly turning to online shopping instead of visiting stores._
   - _The negotiations became increasingly tense as the deadline approached._

## Origin

From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to "increasing" plus the suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/increasingly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).