"increasingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-increasingly.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encreessingli}} Middle English encreessingli, {{suffix|en|increasing|ly}} increasing + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} increasingly (not comparable)
  1. Increasing in amount or intensity. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: more and more, encreasingly [obsolete] Translations (increasing in amount or intensity): все повече (vse poveče) (Bulgarian), cada vegada més (Catalan), yhä enemmän (Finnish), kasvavassa määrin (Finnish), de plus en plus (French), zunehmend (German), egyre (Hungarian), mind (Hungarian), sempre più (Italian), man a mano (Italian), in modo crescente (Italian), progressivamente (Italian), cada vez mais (Portuguese), всё бо́льше и бо́льше (vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše) (Russian), всё бо́лее и бо́лее (vsjo bóleje i bóleje) (Russian), в большей степени (v bolʹšej stepeni) (Russian), в большей мере (v bolʹšej mere) (Russian), cada vez más (Spanish), gide gide (Turkish), все бі́льше і бі́льше (vse bílʹše i bílʹše) (Ukrainian), деда́лі бі́льше (dedáli bílʹše) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-increasingly-en-adv-F-KnIsZ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
          "word": "man a mano"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "mind"
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "sempre più"
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "note": "coraz (when used with comparative)",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "cada vez mais"
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "всё бо́лее и бо́лее"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "в большей степени"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vse bílʹše i bílʹše",
      "sense": "increasing in amount or intensity",
      "word": "все бі́льше і бі́льше"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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