more and more

more and more adverb: progressively more.

Adverb

more and more

(degree) Progressively more.
- The road gets more and more steep.
- He started calling more and more frequently.
In a manner that progressively increases.
- The wound hurt more and more as we walked on.
- His colour sicken'd more and more,
  He faded into age;
  And then his enemies began
  To show their deadly rage.1782, Robert Burns, John Barleycorn
(modal) Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true.
- More and more, children are among the first to take up new technologies.
- More and more it is not the soul and Nature, but the eye and print, whose resultant is thought.1864 September, “The Cadmean Madness”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 14

more and more

Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of.
- There are more and more people who keep pets these days.
- It's unarguable that ticket offices are less relevant than they once were. More and more passengers buy tickets online.2023 January 11, Philip Haigh, “Comment: The worst chaos for 40 years”, in RAIL, number 974, page 4

மென்மேல், மென்மேலும், மேலும் மேலும்

What does more and more mean?: More and more means progressively more.
What is more and more in Tamil?: More and more in Tamil is மென்மேல், மென்மேலும், மேலும் மேலும். See More and more meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is more and more?: More and more can be an adverb or a determiner.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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