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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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