increasingly

CEFRB1

/ɪˈnkrisɪŋli/

adverb

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Tourism is playing an increasingly important role in the region's economy
Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.
As more and more people moved behind the increasingly larger walls, the fortress settlement evolved into the walled city.

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Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.
1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 15
After the introduction of the Highland Railway class, the progress of the 4-6-0 was tardy for some years.Then, when designers were increasingly turning to it as the answer to their growing motive power problems, production of 4-6-0s swelled into a flood tide.
1954 November 26, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747
As more and more people moved behind the increasingly larger walls, the fortress settlement evolved into the walled city.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161
Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC
They will remind you that rail already faces fierce competition from cars, coaches, airlines, and (increasingly) remote working and videoconferencing.
2023 July 26, Ben Jones, “EU open access growth offers pointers for UK hopefuls”, in RAIL, number 988, page 32

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From Middle English encreessingli, equivalent to increasing + -ly.