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Increasingly Pronunciation

Increasingly is pronounced in-KREE-sing-lee, IPA /ɪnˈkrisɪŋgli/.

in-KREE-sing-lee

US /ɪnˈkrisɪŋgli/  ·  UK /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/

Syllables: in · KREE · sing · lee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

adverb: More and more as time goes on.

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Increasingly in a Sentence

  • Flights are increasingly booked out months ahead.
  • She found the meetings increasingly hard to sit through.
  • Increasingly, families are renting rather than buying.

Common Mispronunciations of Increasingly

Not IN-kree-sing-lee

Let the in at the front stay light and hurried. The beat falls on kree, the same place it falls in increase.

Not in-KREE-zing-lee

The s stays voiceless, as it does in increase and decrease. A z sound here is a small slip but a noticeable one.

Tip: Say increase, then add sing and lee without changing where the weight sits.

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