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 The costs of bringing their collections to Paris is increasingly prohibitive for smaller brands, but showing at home is not enough. — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026 The truck is used to respond to emergencies involving increasingly complex buildings, which are becoming more common in the department’s service area. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Mortgage remains an important part of AngelAi’s foundation, but the technology is increasingly being presented as a financial interface that can sit across multiple services. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Investors are increasingly skeptical that France will pass a program of fiscal consolidation to shrink its high deficit-to-gross domestic product ratio. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 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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