You can use increasingly to indicate that a situation or quality is becoming greater in intensity or more common.
He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.
There is an increasingly popular alternative.
The U.S. has increasingly relied on Japanese capital.
Increasingly, their goals have become more radical.
Synonyms: progressively, more and more, to an increasing extent, continuously more More Synonyms of increasingly
increasingly in American English
(ɪnˈkrisɪŋli)
adverb
more and more; to an ever-increasing degree
Examples of 'increasingly' in a sentence
increasingly
The fact that it is increasingly being used as part of real warfare.
Computing (2010)
It is increasingly common for businesses to introduce policies on care responsibilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which means that walking that way of love is an increasingly difficult path.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Increasingly used in blends to add colour and flavour to cakes and muffins.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They will find this line increasingly difficult to hold.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
We cannot simply look on as these groups become increasingly emboldened because the police are unable to act.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is particularly concerning since personal data is increasingly used to make predictions about ourselves and our potential future behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ransom attacks have become increasingly common in the past year, and not just against hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Much of the increase in exports is being driven by the weaker pound, which has meant that British exports have become increasingly competitive.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ministers have become increasingly concerned about the extent of health tourism.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Something has happened that makes you increasingly vulnerable to panic attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With the growth of obesity worldwide it will increasingly be used in food and drinks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then followed one of those strange outrages that seem to be increasingly common.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It becomes increasingly difficult to face the situation because of the symptoms it produces.
Hambly, Dr Kenneth Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life (1991)
Vehicle tracking systems are increasingly being used to help police recover stolen cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Buying with friends has become increasingly common during the property boom.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For these borrowers it becomes increasingly difficult to pay off the capital as timegoes on.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His hybrids have added to the ways we can use this increasingly popular plant.
The Sun (2010)
But why is it becoming increasingly common?
The Sun (2013)
But the members have found it increasingly difficult to agree.
The Sun (2008)
But maintaining those friendships becomes increasingly difficult.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Its ageing components make it increasingly inefficient and difficult to adapt to the demand for more and greener power.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But hiding the crime becomes increasingly difficult thanks to an inexperienced district attorney who quickly realises the detective is up to something.
The Sun (2009)
It would reduce the risk of power cuts as Britain becomes increasingly reliant on wind turbines.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Today's increasingly mobile workforce uses the office differently to previous generations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Just because divorce is increasingly common, we cannot learn to simply live with it.
Christianity Today (2000)
This is a process increasingly being used to supply the world's energy needs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Advances in local anaesthetic drugs mean it's becoming increasingly common.
The Sun (2012)
Finding the winners of the first Classics seems to be growing increasingly difficult.
The Sun (2006)
While book publishers have become increasingly cautious, advances for writers with an established fan base are sky high.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It seemed like a good idea to starve myself and it became almost an addiction, but it just makes you increasingly miserable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
increasingly
British English: increasingly /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ/ ADVERB
You use increasingly to indicate that something is becoming greater, stronger, or more common.
He found it increasingly difficult to make decisions.
American English: increasingly
Arabic: بِشَكْلٍ مُتَزَايِدٍ
Brazilian Portuguese: progressivamente
Chinese: 日益
Croatian: sve više
Czech: stále častěji
Danish: i tiltagende grad
Dutch: in toenemende mate
European Spanish: cada vez más
Finnish: lisääntyvässä määrin
French: de plus en plus
German: zunehmend
Greek: όλο και περισσότερο
Italian: sempre più
Japanese: ますます
Korean: 점점
Norwegian: økende
Polish: coraz więcej
European Portuguese: progressivamente
Romanian: din ce în ce mai
Russian: все больше и больше
Latin American Spanish: cada vez más
Swedish: alltmer
Thai: อย่างมากขึ้น
Turkish: gitgide artarak
Ukrainian: дедалі більше
Vietnamese: ngày càng tăng
Chinese translation of 'increasingly'
increasingly
(ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ)
adv
(with adj) 越来(來)越 (yuèláiyuè)
(with verb) 日益 (rìyì)
(adverb)
He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.