# increasingly

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #3,760

## Definitions
1. Increasing in amount or intensity.

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

## Easily confused with
- **increasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/increasing-vs-increasingly)

## Common misspellings (19)
`icnreasingly`, `inccreasingly`, `incerasingly`, `incraesingly`, `increaisngly`, `increasignly`, `increasinggly`, `increasinglly`, `increasinglyy`, `increasingyl`, `increasinlgy`, `increasinngly`, `increasnigly`, `increassingly`, `incresaingly`, `incrreasingly`, `inncreasingly`, `inrceasingly`, `nicreasingly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/increasingly