adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:IH0 N K R IY1 S IH0 NG L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:IH0 N K R IY1 S IH0 NG G L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
Increasing in amount or intensity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
advancing in amount or intensity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she became increasingly depressed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: progressively, more and more
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
все повече
(vse poveče)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Catalan:
cada vegada més
— increasing in amount or intensity
Dutch:
in toenemende mate
— increasing in amount or intensity
Finnish:
yhä enemmän
— increasing in amount or intensity
Finnish:
kasvavassa määrin
— increasing in amount or intensity
French:
de plus en plus
— increasing in amount or intensity
German:
zunehmend
— increasing in amount or intensity
Greek:
όλο και περισσότερο
(ólo kai perissótero)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Hungarian:
egyre
— increasing in amount or intensity
Hungarian:
mind
— increasing in amount or intensity
Italian:
sempre più
— increasing in amount or intensity
Italian:
man a mano
— increasing in amount or intensity
Italian:
in modo crescente
— increasing in amount or intensity
Italian:
progressivamente
— increasing in amount or intensity
Portuguese:
cada vez mais
— increasing in amount or intensity
Russian:
всё бо́льше и бо́льше
(vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Russian:
всё бо́лее и бо́лее
(vsjo bóleje i bóleje)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Russian:
в большей степени
(v bolʹšej stepeni)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Russian:
в большей мере
(v bolʹšej mere)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Spanish:
cada vez más
— increasing in amount or intensity
Turkish:
gide gide
— increasing in amount or intensity
Ukrainian:
все бі́льше і бі́льше
(vse bílʹše i bílʹše)
— increasing in amount or intensity
Ukrainian:
деда́лі бі́льше
(dedáli bílʹše)
— increasing in amount or intensity