越发

越發

yuèfā

adverb HSK 7-9 #16,417

Meanings

1 increasingly
2 more and more
3 all the more

Characters

to exceed; more

to send out; increasingly

Examples

HSK 1

天气越发冷了。

Tiānqì yuèfā lěng le.

The weather is getting increasingly cold.

HSK 7-9

听了他的话，我越发觉得不对劲。

Tīng le tā dehuà, wǒ yuèfā juéde bùduìjìn.

After hearing what he said, I felt something was even more off.

Tips

usage

越发 is slightly more formal than 越来越. It indicates a continuing trend and is often used in narrative writing.

Stroke Order

越 yuè

发 fā