adv.
Increasingly is used with these adjectives: ↑ absorbed , ↑ abstract , ↑ active , ↑ aggressive , ↑ agitated , ↑ alarmed , ↑ angry , ↑ annoyed , ↑ anxious , ↑ apparent , ↑ authoritarian , ↑ aware , ↑ bad-tempered , ↑ bitter , ↑ bizarre , ↑ bleak , ↑ central , ↑ centralized , ↑ chaotic , ↑ clear , ↑ comfortable , ↑ common , ↑ competitive , ↑ complex , ↑ complicated , ↑ concentrated , ↑ concerned , ↑ confident , ↑ confused , ↑ congested , ↑ conscious , ↑ conservative , ↑ contentious , ↑ convinced , ↑ costly , ↑ critical , ↑ crowded , ↑ dangerous , ↑ demanding , ↑ dependent , ↑ depressed , ↑ desperate , ↑ detailed , ↑ difficult , ↑ disillusioned , ↑ dissatisfied , ↑ distant , ↑ diverse , ↑ dominant , ↑ doubtful , ↑ dubious , ↑ easy , ↑ eccentric , ↑ effective , ↑ efficient , ↑ elaborate , ↑ embarrassing , ↑ entangled , ↑ erratic , ↑ estranged , ↑ evident , ↑ excited , ↑ expensive , ↑ explicit , ↑ exposed , ↑ familiar , ↑ fashionable , ↑ frantic , ↑ frequent , ↑ frustrated , ↑ frustrating , ↑ futile , ↑ harsh , ↑ hostile , ↑ hysterical , ↑ impatient , ↑ implausible , ↑ important , ↑ inadequate , ↑ inappropriate , ↑ inclined , ↑ incompatible , ↑ independent , ↑ influential , ↑ insecure , ↑ intensive , ↑ interested , ↑ intolerable , ↑ intrusive , ↑ irrational , ↑ irrelevant , ↑ irritated , ↑ isolated , ↑ large , ↑ likely , ↑ limited , ↑ lucrative , ↑ meaningless , ↑ militant , ↑ mobile , ↑ narrow , ↑ nationalistic , ↑ negative , ↑ nervous , ↑ numerous , ↑ obsolete , ↑ obvious , ↑ painful , ↑ pervasive , ↑ pessimistic , ↑ plain , ↑ polarized , ↑ popular , ↑ powerful , ↑ precise , ↑ preoccupied , ↑ probable , ↑ professional , ↑ prominent , ↑ prone , ↑ radical , ↑ rapid , ↑ rare , ↑ regular , ↑ reliant , ↑ reluctant , ↑ remote , ↑ resentful , ↑ resistant , ↑ restricted , ↑ restrictive , ↑ rigid , ↑ risky , ↑ savage , ↑ scarce , ↑ sceptical , ↑ secular , ↑ selective , ↑ sensitive , ↑ severe , ↑ shaky , ↑ sophisticated , ↑ specialized , ↑ steep , ↑ sterile , ↑ strained , ↑ subject , ↑ successful , ↑ susceptible , ↑ suspect , ↑ suspicious , ↑ tedious , ↑ tense , ↑ threatening , ↑ tight , ↑ troubled , ↑ unable , ↑ uncertain , ↑ uncomfortable , ↑ uneasy , ↑ unhappy , ↑ unlikely , ↑ unpopular , ↑ unstable , ↑ urgent , ↑ useful , ↑ valuable , ↑ varied , ↑ vicious , ↑ violent , ↑ vocal , ↑ volatile , ↑ vulnerable , ↑ wary , ↑ wide , ↑ widespread , ↑ willing , ↑ worried
Increasingly is used with these verbs: ↑ confine , ↑ divide , ↑ dominate , ↑ draw , ↑ embrace , ↑ emphasize , ↑ employ , ↑ favour , ↑ focus , ↑ identify , ↑ influence , ↑ refine , ↑ rely , ↑ resemble , ↑ threaten , ↑ undermine , ↑ utilize , ↑ value