graduallyadverb
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ə.li/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ə.li/B2 slowly over a period of time or a distance:
Gradually, she realized that he wasn't telling her the truth.
The bank slopes gradually down to the river.
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- The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
- The bank slopes gradually down to the river.
- The painful memories gradually receded in her mind.
- As the plot unfolds, you gradually realize that all your initial assumptions were wrong.
- Those who disagreed with the director's viewpoint were gradually edged out of the company.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- lag
- mill
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- straggle
- struggle
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