increasingly
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increasingly
Where it comes from
From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly.
adverb encreasingly
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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.
Similar: more and more
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Closest in meaning: progressively, increasing, mounting, growing, gradually, incrementally, further, live, better, all, steadily, over, more, even, most, again
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adv increasing in amount or intensity
| Español | cada vez más |
|---|---|
| Português | cada vez mais |
| Français | de plus en plus |
| Deutsch | zunehmend |
| Italiano | sempre più, man a mano, in modo crescente, progressivamente |
| Ελληνικά | όλο και περισσότερο ólo kai perissótero |
| Русский | всё бо́льше и бо́льше vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše, всё бо́лее и бо́лее vsjo bóleje i bóleje, в большей степени v bolʹšej stepeni, в большей мере v bolʹšej mere |
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