increasableadj.
/ɪnˈkriːsəb(ə)l/ Capable of being increased; susceptible of increase.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased > able to be
increasable1534
augmentablea1550
multiplicable1596
multipliable1606
magnifiable1646
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1270/2 Their full and perfit, and not encreceable blisse.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Multipliable, multipliable, increaseable.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry iv. 17 So is..this Pasture Increasible ad Infinitum.
1734 E. Law Enq. Ideas Space i. 63 But if we could once suppose an End of these, they would be no longer increaseable.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 38 To grant the lands to individuals at a low quit-rent, increasable at definite periods.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 30 A certain quantity of art-intellect is born annually..not increaseable by one grain.
Derivatives
inˈcreasableness n. capacity of being increased.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > ability to be increased
increasableness1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 766 Indefinite Encreasablenass [sic] of Body and Space, seems to be mistaken for a Positive Infinity thereof.
1734 E. Law Enq. Ideas Space i. 63 We find an indefinite Increaseableness of some of our Ideas, or an Impossibility of supposing any End of them.
inˈcreasably adv. (in quot. = increasingly).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]
increasinglyc1380
waxingly1483
increasably1579
still1596
augmentedly1754
growingly1758
increasedly1823
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxiv. 33 a The madnesse of men increaseably putteth it in practise.
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