INCREASINGLY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

increasingly

adverb

Definition of increasingly

as in progressively

more and more; to an increasing degree People are becoming increasingly aware of this problem. Increasingly, scientists are questioning the data. The situation grew increasingly hopeless.

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Recent Examples of increasingly What’s popular online increasingly shapes what ends up on store shelves, as brands race to meet the demand that viral aesthetics create. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Instead, we have been stonewalled by Cornell's increasingly top-down leadership. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 That traceability could become increasingly important as Kairos Power expands its fuel development and testing activities. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 Ahmed Shawky, Head of CineGouna Funding, El Gouna’s development and coproduction lab, says the industry program is an increasingly important part of the festival’s overall offering. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for increasingly

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progressively

Adverb

As agents accumulate conversation history, retrieved documents, memory, system instructions, tool definitions and execution state, interactions can progressively become larger and more expensive.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Abrams does yeoman’s work with a character stuck in a tight spot for most of the running time, constantly grunting and gasping with a mixture of anguish and exhaustion as his body gets progressively more beat up and broken.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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