Dictionary

gradually en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English gradual Middle English -ly English -ly English gradually From gradual + -ly.

Meanings

1. 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. 2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2014:
   • 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. 2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2021:
2. (obsolete) by degrees
   • Horns, upon the due accession of Moisture, doth gradually become Soft. 1682, Nehemiah Grew, The Anatomy of Plants. […], [London]: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, published 1682, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

suddently · suddenly · abruptly

Deriveds

gradually typed

Relateds

consecutively · sequentially · slow · seriatim

Synonyms

piecemeal · gradatim · momently · incrementally (by degrees) · little by little · progressively · sluggishly · by inches · momentarily · bit by bit · by degrees · ponderously (making slow progress) · gradually · unsuddenly · inch by inch · one by one · stepmeal · step by step · one step at a time · footmeal · continually

Translations (74)

pt gradualmente (in gradual manner) · cs postupně (in gradual manner) · nb etter hvert (in gradual manner) · ro treptat (in gradual manner) · gd mean air mhean (in gradual manner) · la paulātim (in gradual manner) · es paulatinamente (in gradual manner) · pl stopniowo (in gradual manner) · gl gradualmente (in gradual manner) · it gradualmente (in gradual manner) · ca gradualment (in gradual manner) · ro în mod treptat (in gradual manner) · za menhmenh (in gradual manner) · az tədricən (in gradual manner) · ro în mod gradat (in gradual manner) · nb litt etter litt (in gradual manner) · vi dần dần (in gradual manner) · pt pouco a pouco (in gradual manner) · cmn 漸次 /渐次 (in gradual manner) · ar خُطْوةً فَخُطْوةً (in gradual manner) · de nach und nach (in gradual manner) · sv gradvis (in gradual manner) · nn etter kvart (in gradual manner) · ar شَيْئاً فَشَيْئاً (in gradual manner) · nb gradvis (in gradual manner) · eo malabrupte (in gradual manner) · ja 徐々に (in gradual manner) · ko 점점 (in gradual manner) · ar على تدريج (in gradual manner) · sh pòstepeno (in gradual manner) · fi vähitellen (in gradual manner) · cmn 逐漸 /逐渐 (in gradual manner) · nl gaandeweg (in gradual manner) · da gradvis (in gradual manner) · ko 점차 (in gradual manner) · el σταδιακά (in gradual manner) · ro progresiv (in gradual manner) · de schrittweise (in gradual manner) · apc شوي شوي (in gradual manner) · hy աստիճանաբար (in gradual manner) · bg постепенно (in gradual manner) · cmn 漸漸 /渐渐 (in gradual manner) · sl postopoma (in gradual manner) · ja 段々と (in gradual manner) · mnc ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡳ (in gradual manner) · hu fokozatosan (in gradual manner) · es gradualmente (in gradual manner) · la gradātim (in gradual manner) · nv tąądee (in gradual manner) · de stufenweise (in gradual manner) · ko 서서히 (in gradual manner) · be паступо́ва (in gradual manner) · sh по̀степено (in gradual manner) · ru постепе́нно (in gradual manner) · apc معو معو (in gradual manner) · nl allengs (in gradual manner) · eo grade (in gradual manner) · ckb وردە وردە (in gradual manner) · el βαθμιαία (in gradual manner) · pdt aulmälich (in gradual manner) · hnn amat-amat (in gradual manner) · sk postupne (in gradual manner) · ja 次第に (in gradual manner) · nl geleidelijk (in gradual manner) · mnc ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ (in gradual manner) · ar تَدْرِيجِيّاً (in gradual manner) · uk поступо́во (in gradual manner) · de allmählich (in gradual manner) · mk постепено (in gradual manner) · enm esiliche (in gradual manner) · uk пово́лі (in gradual manner) · pl krok po kroku (in gradual manner) · nl langzamerhand (in gradual manner) · fi asteittain (in gradual manner)