increasingly meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

increasingly

adv

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

Increasing in amount or intensity.

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.1954 November 23, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 15:

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As more and more people moved behind the increasingly larger walls, the fortress settlement evolved into the walled city.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:
Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
They will remind you that rail already faces fierce competition from cars, coaches, airlines, and (increasingly) remote working and videoconferencing.2023 July 26, Ben Jones, “EU open access growth offers pointers for UK hopefuls”, in RAIL, number 988, page 32:
So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?2024 June 16, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The country where it’s still 2016”, in CNN: