increasingly

Definition

Increasing in amount or intensity.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."