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Synonyms for increasingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-kree-sing
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkri sɪŋ



Définition of increasingly

Origin :
  • late 14c., from increasing (see increase) + -ly (2).
  • adv to a greater extent
Example sentences :
  • "Some of us learn too late," he replied, increasingly ominous.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She was so tired of herself, that, to escape her double, she made it increasingly a bore to her.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • We are increasingly conscious of a growing discontent at waste.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • And as he realized it that morning so he was to realize it increasingly as time sped on.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Yet I am increasingly convinced that their spirits never die at all.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • Let the few, the leaders, be increasingly responsible for the whole.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • The man himself was well content, and increasingly self-satisfied.
  • Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
  • Increasingly alarmed, he put his shoulder to the door, but it did not yield.
  • Extract from : « The Secret House » by Edgar Wallace
  • She brooded over it, increasingly convinced that it might be a masterpiece.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • It is increasingly likely to come without the aid of legislation.
  • Extract from : « The Path of the Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Antonyms for increasingly

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