Increasingly
[ɪn'kriːsɪŋlɪ] or [ɪn'krisɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) advancing in amount or intensity; 'she became increasingly depressed'.
Checker: Zachariah--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) More and more.
Checker: Nona
Examples
- One is the increasingly reminiscent and borrowed character of culture; the other is the political and rhetorical bent of Roman life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So the dream increased in rapture every hour, as Mr Dorrit felt increasingly sensible that this connection had brought him forward indeed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They engage the best energies of an increasingly large number of persons. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Learning by direct sharing in the pursuits of grown-ups becomes increasingly difficult except in the case of the less advanced occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Her visitor's smile grew increasingly intimate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A third form of government that prevailed increasingly in Greece in the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries B.C., was known as _democracy_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the man behind them grew increasingly repugnant in the light of Selden's expected coming. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Improvements in transport were also making Australian wool an increasingly marketable commodity in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ever since Pablo had come into the cave and said he had five men Robert Jordan felt increasingly better. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And though, as the geological record shows, not merely individuals but also species die out, the life process continues in increasingly complex forms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checker: Nona