increasingly
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increase
▶verb /ɪnˈkriːs/ make or become greater in size, amount, or degree. ▶noun /ˈɪŋkriːs/ an instance of increasing.
– derivatives
increasable adjective,
increasing adjective,
increasingly adverb.
increasable adjective,
increasing adjective,
increasingly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. encreistre, from L. increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.
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