gradually

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/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/

adv 2

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ADJ.

adjusted, bad, becoming, elaborate, living, over, picked, recent

She gradually adjusted to her new job over the course of several months.

VERB + GRADUALLY

descended, evolved, matter, practice, prices, speed, spring

Prices gradually descended after the holiday season ended.

GRADUALLY + NOUN

life, repertoires, things

She gradually built up her repertoires of recipes over the years.

PREP.

in, on, out, up, with

The old paint gradually wore off the wooden fence over many years.

ADV.

again, away, independently

She gradually moved away from her childhood friends as they drifted in different directions.

Definitions

adv

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.

The most likely conclusion, the researchers say, is that the Levallois method was not taken to Eurasia by African migrants, but evolved there gradually and independently.

The instrument of this dumbing down in Nineteen Eighty-Four was Newspeak, the official language of the English Socialist Party (Ingsoc). Newspeak was a sort of Totalitarian Esperanto that sought gradually to diminish the range of what was thinkable by eliminating, contracting and manufacturing words.

by degrees

Horns, upon the due accession of Moisture, doth gradually become Soft.

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Example Bank

The most likely conclusion, the researchers say, is that the Levallois method was not taken to Eurasia by African migrants, but evolved there gradually and independently.

Wiktionary

Horns, upon the due accession of Moisture, doth gradually become Soft.

Wiktionary

The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.

Tatoeba · #18250

The sky has gradually clouded over.

Tatoeba · #18351

Prices have been gradually rising in recent years.

Tatoeba · #18640

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