Increasingly

Definition: Increasingly

Increasingly

Adverb

1. Advancing in amount or intensity; "she became increasingly depressed".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "increasingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Synonyms: Increasingly

Crosswords: Increasingly

Lately, Dinsdale had become increasingly worried about Spiny Norman. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

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Books

• Capitalism and Democracy: Challenges and Responses in an Increasingly Independent World (Economists of the Twentieth Century Series) (reference)

• Changing College Classrooms : New Teaching and Learning Strategies for an Increasingly Complex World (reference)

• Construction Congress VI: Building Together for a Better Tomorrow in an Increasingly Complex World: Proceedings of the Congress February 20-22, 2000 Orlando, Florida (reference)

• Exchange Rate Regimes in an Increasingly Integrated World Economy (Occasional Paper (International Monetary Fund), No. 193.) (reference)

• Invisible Resistance to Tyranny : How to Lead a Secret Life of Insurgency in an Increasingly Unfree World (reference)

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Domesticated animals afflicted with dumb rabies may become increasingly depressed, and try to hide in isolated places, while wild animals seem to lose their fear of human beings, often appearing unusually friendly.Credit: CDC.

Flooding of low-lying areas at Holland Cliffs Shores by extreme high tides. Land is being lost at a rate of 1" per year in the Chesapeake Bay region due to combination of sea level rise and subsidence caused by lowering water tables. As population grows, so does demand for fresh water causing further subsidence, making events such as this increasingly common.Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea relatively low in nutrients and fishery productivity. It has become increasingly polluted owing to runoff by nutrients from waste disposal and agriculture. Catch of key species such as Black Sea anchovy has fallen, relecting environmental degradation. High exploitation levels have also depleted important stocks such as blue fin tuna and swordfish.Credit: Fisheries.

Aerial photo used for conservation planning by the NRCS shows conservation practices already in place. Such maps are increasingly being made available on the Web.Credit: Unknown.

Senopol surrogate mother with Romosinuano embryo transfer calf. A tropically adapted breed from the Caribbean, Senopols are increasingly popular throughout warmer U.S. regions. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Control of the virus diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti is an increasingly important problem. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Family of migrant agricultural day laborers camped near Spiro, Oklahoma. The man and his wife had farmed in this vicinity for many years. However, they had always been renters. They have found it increasingly difficult to find land and house for rent. The.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Dickinson, farmer and his ski tow, which he installed on his property three years ago, at cost of about one thousand dollars. This past winter was the first time he made money on it but business is increasingly rapidly now. Lisbon, near Franconia, New.Credit: Library of Congress.

Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasingly use Negro pickers. Near Fresno, California.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Finally, Americans are increasingly overweight and sedentary. (references)

This procedure is becoming increasingly common for ulcerative colitis. (references)

LAM is generally progressive, leading to increasingly impaired lung function. (references)

Business

Budget hotels, in this context, are increasingly popular. (references)

Marketing messages are increasingly directed at these groups. (references)

Parastatal organizations, are increasingly becoming key consumers. (references)

Children

Georgia

Police increasingly harassed and abused street children with impunity. (references)

Japan

Teachers also increasingly are becoming the targets of student violence. (references)

Nicaragua

Children increasingly were involved in crime both as victims and as perpetrators. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Passports increasingly are easy to get. (references)

Romania

Independent media continued to grow in an increasingly competitive market. (references)

Benin

Privately owned radio and television stations have become increasingly popular sources of information. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Past criticism of the organization for passivity and for emphasizing conciliation instead of acting as a watchdog or pursuing court cases disappeared as the Commission has become increasingly activist in its approach. (references)

Economic History

Qatar

Qatar has an increasingly high literacy rate. (references)

Bahrain

Portfolio investments are increasingly encouraged. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

The formal court system increasingly is superseding these traditional mechanisms. (references)

Haiti

Locally elected officials and local HNP increasingly arrested spouses of suspects. (references)

Colombia

Paramilitary groups increasingly used threats both to intimidate opponents and to raise money. (references)

Indigenous People

Ecuador

Despite their growing political influence and the efforts of grassroots community groups, which were increasingly successful in pressuring the central Government to assist them, indigenous people continue to suffer discrimination at many levels of society. (references)

Minorities

Netherlands

Minorities were increasingly responsible for these acts of racism. (references)

Netherlands

The 2000 report showed that racism was directed increasingly against asylum seekers and Jewish persons. (references)

Political Economy

Albania

The GOA is increasingly interested in the views of the business community. (references)

RUSSIA

State banks increasingly are crowding out private banks for commercial lending. (references)

Poland

Economic issues are playing an increasingly larger role in the bilateral relationship. (references)

Political Rights

Maldives

Debate on the floor since the question period was instituted has become increasingly sharp and open. (references)

Malaysia

Over the years, power increasingly has been concentrated in the executive branch, and in the Prime Minister. (references)

Brazil

Women have full political rights under the Constitution and are increasingly active in politics and government; however, the percentage of women politics and government does not correspond to their percentage of the population. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Exporters to Guatemala enjoy an increasingly open trade regime. (references)

Bulgaria

It will be increasingly focusing on private-sector development in Bulgaria. (references)

France

Labeling in France serves an increasingly informational and even promotional role. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Student demonstrations in Nairobi have become increasingly common. (references)

Russia

Marked taxis are increasingly present in Moscow and St. Petersburg. (references)

Ukraine

Westerners and their vehicles and residences are increasingly viewed as choice targets. (references)

Women

Palau

Alcohol and illegal drug abuse increasingly contributed to this problem. (references)

Micronesia

Women are active and increasingly successful in private business and enterprises. (references)

Chile

The public is becoming increasingly aware of the extent of physical abuse of women. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

Child labor has become increasingly prevalent and visible. (references)

Morocco

Unions have resorted increasingly to litigation to resolve labor disputes. (references)

Belgium

The Center also noted that Chinese traffickers were increasingly active in sending victims through the country. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "increasingly": increasingly-authoritarian, increasingly-complex, increasingly-expensive, increasingly-experienced, increasingly-important.

Ending with "increasingly": ever-increasingly.

Albanian

gjithënjë e më shumë. (various references)

Bulgarian 

все повече. (various references)

Chinese 

日益 (day by day, more and more, more and more with each passing day), 愈来愈. (various references)

Czech

více a více. (various references)

Danish

mer og mer (more and more). (various references)

Dutch

meer en meer (more and more), in toenemende mate (more and more). (various references)

Esperanto

pli kaj pli (more and more). (various references)

Finnish

lisääntyvä käsitteellisyyden taso (increasingly abstract aspect). (various references)

French

de plus en plus. (various references)

German

zunehmend (Crescent, deepening, freshening, growing, increasing, incrementally, progressive, progressively). (various references)

Greek 

όλο και περισσότερο. (various references)

Hungarian

fokozatosan (by degrees, gradu, gradually, progressively, to fade in). (various references)

Indonesian

semakin (more and more), makin (more and more). (various references)

Italian

di più in più (more, more and more). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

益益 (more and more), 益々 (more and more), 愈愈 (all the more, at last, beyond doubt, more and more), 愈々 (all the more, at last, beyond doubt, more and more), 愈 (at last, beyond doubt, more and more). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ますます (more and more), いよいよ (all the more, at last, beyond doubt, more and more), ゆ (at last, beyond doubt, hot water, more and more). (various references)

Korean 

� �� �. (various references)

Pig Latin

increasinglyay

Portuguese

cada vez mais (growing, more or less). (various references)

Romanian

tot mai mult. (various references)

Russian 

все больше и больше (more and more). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povećavajući se. (various references)

Spanish

más y más (more and more). (various references)

Swedish

mer och mer, alltmer (more and more). (various references)

Turkish

gitgide artarak, giderek (ever), artan bir şekilde (progressively). (various references)

Ukranian 

все більше й більше. (various references)

incrementabiliter. (various references)

Misspellings

"Increasingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inreasingly. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: increasing.

-3 letters: anglicise, arginines, asininely, cleansing, clearings, glycerins, incliners, layerings, learnings, licensing, realising, reclining, renailing, resailing, rescaling, searingly, silencing, yeanlings, yearlings, yearnings.

-4 letters: aginners, airlines, aliening, aligners, anilines, arginine, carlines, carlings, ceilings, cinerins, clangers, cleaning, clearing, clingers, clingier, crannies, creasing, cringles, cyanines, eanlings, earnings, encasing, engrails, engrains, enisling, enlacing, ensigncy, ensiling, gainlier, glaciers, glancers, glycerin, glycines, graciles, gracilis, grannies, greasily, incasing, incliner, inclines, ingrains, inlacing, inlayers, inlaying, insanely, irenical, lanciers, langsyne, larynges, layering, leanings, learning, lyricise, narceins, nargiles, railings, reaginic, realigns, recaning, regnancy, relacing, relaying, relining, resaying, resiling, resining, riesling, salicine, saliency, scrannel, signaler, sirenian, slangier, snailing, snarling, syncline, synergia, synergic, yealings, yeanling, yearling, yearning.

-5 letters: aginner, airings, airline, aligner, aliners, alining, aneling, anergic, angelic, angerly, anglers, anglice, angrily, aniline, anilins, arcsine, argyles, arising, arsenic, asinine, canines, cannels, canners, cannery, cannier, cannily, carline, carling, carlins, carneys, carnies, ceasing, ceiling, censing, ciliary, cinerin, clanger, claries, clayier, claying, clerisy, clinger, craning, cringes, cringle, cyanine, cyanins, eanling, earings, earning, eclairs, elysian, encinal, encinas, engrail, engrain, ensnarl, erasing, gainers, galenic, garlics, ginners, ginnier, girlies, glacier, glaires, glancer, glances, glycans, glycine, glycins, gracile, grannie, gynecia, inanely, incages, incisal, incline, ingrain, inlaces, inlayer, inliers, innerly, insaner, insigne, insnare, irenics, lacings, laicise, lairing, lancers, lancing, lanners, larceny, leaning, leasing, lensing, lignins, linages, lingers, lingier, linings, linsang, lyncean, nailers, nailing, nancies, narcein, nargile, nearing, niacins, nilgais, racings, railing, rainily, raining, raising, raisiny, reagins, realign, regains, reginal, reginas, reining, relying, renails, rinsing, sacring, sailing, saining, salicin, sanicle, scaleni, scalier, scaling, scanner, scarily, scaring, scrying, sealing, searing, seining, senarii, sericin, seringa, slaying, slicing, slinger, snaring, syncing, syringa, syringe, yarning, yealing, yeaning.

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