MORE AND MORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does more and more mean? 

• MORE AND MORE (adverb)
  The adverb MORE AND MORE has 1 sense:

1. advancing in amount or intensity

  Familiarity information: MORE AND MORE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORE AND MORE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advancing in amount or intensity

Synonyms:

increasingly; more and more; progressively

Context example:

she became increasingly depressed

 Context examples 

More and more, you will find yourself at the right place at the right time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I noticed as we talked over his condition, that Maud’s sympathy went out to him more and more; yet I could not but love her for it, so sweetly womanly was it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I am more and more satisfied with all that I see and hear of him.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This evil thought took possession of her more and more, and made her behave very unkindly to the boy.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

As he held on he became more and more conscious of the new stir in the land.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He would have been more and more sensible of what was wanting in his home.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As she was telling her terrible story, the eastern sky began to quicken, and everything became more and more clear.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Of course, he was soon earning more than three dollars a week, and as his wages increased he saved more and more.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

More and more frightened, she immediately promised them money, and taking out her purse, gave them a shilling, and begged them not to want more, or to use her ill.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"At Marlborough!"—cried Elinor, more and more at a loss to understand what he would be at.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)