INCREASINGLY

[in-kree-sing]

in·creas·ing

[in-kree-sing]
adjective
1.
growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
2.
Mathematics. (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nondecreasing. Compare decreasing (def. 2).

Origin:
1590–1600; see increase, -ing2

in·creas·ing·ly, adverb
un·in·creas·ing, adjective
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increase
 
vb
1.  to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
 
n
2.  the act of increasing; augmentation
3.  the amount by which something increases
4.  on the increase increasing, esp becoming more frequent
 
[C14: from Old French encreistre, from Latin incrēscere, from in-² + crēscere to grow]
 
in'creasable
 
adj
 
increasedly
 
adv
 
in'creasingly
 
adv
 
in'creaser
 
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