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View usage for: (grædʒuəli) adverb [ADVERB with verb]If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly. Electricity lines to 30,000 homes were gradually being restored yesterday. Gradually we learned to cope. Synonyms: steadily, slowly, moderately, progressively More Synonyms of gradually Examples of 'gradually' in a sentencegradually Soon we were below the timber line, small sticks at first, but the scrub becoming gradually taller and thicker.Just beyond hers, another and much more ancient barge was gradually disappearing behind the lock gate. In other languagesgradually British English: gradually / ˈɡrædjʊəlɪ/ ADVERB If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly. Gradually we learned to cope. - American English: gradually
- Arabic: تَدْرِيجيّاً
- Brazilian Portuguese: gradualmente
- Chinese: 逐渐地
- Croatian: postupno
- Czech: postupně
- Danish: gradvist
- Dutch: geleidelijk
- European Spanish: gradualmente
- Finnish: vähitellen
- French: graduellement
- German: nach und nach
- Greek: σταδιακά
- Italian: gradualmente
- Japanese: 徐々に
- Korean: 점차
- Norwegian: gradvis
- Polish: stopniowo
- European Portuguese: gradualmente
- Romanian: treptat
- Russian: постепенно
- Latin American Spanish: gradualmente
- Swedish: gradvis
- Thai: อย่างค่อยเป็นค่อยไป
- Turkish: adım adım
- Ukrainian: поступово
- Vietnamese: dần dần
Chinese translation of 'gradually'Gradually, she began to trust him. Synonyms steadily moderately progressively gently evenly piece by piece unhurriedly drop by drop Additional synonymsDefinition gradually Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do. Synonyms little by little, slowly, progressively, steadily, step by step, by degreesThe crowd was thinning, but only by degrees. Synonyms little by little, slowly, gradually, moderately, gently, piecemeal, bit by bit, imperceptibly, inch by inch, unhurriedly Definition by small degrees Little by little, he was becoming weaker. Synonyms gradually, slowly, progressively, step by step, piecemeal, bit by bit, imperceptibly, by degrees |