gradually

English

Etymology

gradual +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

gradually (not comparable)

1. In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.
2. (obsolete) by degrees

   Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. — Grew.

Translations

in gradual manner

• Catalan: gradualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逐漸 (cmn), 逐渐 (cmn) (zhújiàn), 漸漸 (cmn), 渐渐 (cmn) (jiànjiàn)

• Czech: postupně (cs)
• Danish: gradvis (da)
• Dutch: geleidelijk (nl), allengs (nl), gaandeweg (nl)
• Esperanto: grade (eo)
• Finnish: vähitellen (fi)
• French: progressivement (fr)
• Galician: gradualmente (gl)
• German: nach und nach (de), allmählich (de)

• Greek: βαθμιαία (el) (vathmiaía), σταδιακά (el) (stadiaká)
• Hungarian: fokozatosan (hu)
• Italian: gradualmente (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ورده‌ ورده‌ (ku) (wirde wirde)

• Polish: stopniowo (pl), krok po kroku (pl)
• Romanian: treptat (ro), în mod gradat (ro), progresiv (ro), în mod treptat (ro)
• Russian: постепенно (ru) (post'ep'énno)
• Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean (gd)
• Spanish: gradualmente (es), poco a poco (es), paulatinamente (es)