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increasing

/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ sustantivo B1
  1. An increase.

Plural increasings

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The captain pointed towards the island, up the side of which ascended a volume of smoke, increasing as it rose.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1090 · C1
The Ass, again playing the fool, fell down on purpose when he reached the stream, but the sponges became swollen with water, greatly increasing his load.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 20 · B2
Elizabeth thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonishment as the housekeeper added, “I have never had a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 277 · B2
And then bidding Diana goodbye-e-e--” Here Anne broke down entirely and wept with increasing bitterness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 123 · C1

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