English
Etymology
gradual + -ly
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɹædʒuəli/
Hyphenation: grad‧u‧al‧ly
Adverb
gradually (comparative more gradually , superlative most gradually )
In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly .
( obsolete ) by degrees
(Can we date this quote by Grew and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Human reason doth not only gradually , but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes.
Synonyms
Translations
in gradual manner
Arabic: شَيْئاً فَشَيْئاً ( šayʔan fašayʔan ) , خُطْوةً فَخُطْوةً ( ḵuṭwatan faḵuṭwatan ) , تَدْرِيجِيّاً ( tadrījiyyan )
North Levantine Arabic: معو معو ( maʿu maʿu ) , شوي شوي ( šway šway )
Bulgarian: постепенно (bg) ( postepenno )
Catalan: gradualment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐漸 / 逐渐 (zh) ( zhújiàn ) , 逐渐 (zh) ( zhújiàn ) , 漸漸 / 渐渐 (zh) ( jiànjiàn ) , 渐渐 (zh) ( jiànjiàn ) , 漸次 / 渐次 (zh) ( jiàncì ) , 渐次 (zh) ( jiàncì )
Czech: postupně (cs)
Danish: gradvis
Dutch: geleidelijk (nl) , allengs (nl) , gaandeweg (nl) , langzamerhand (nl)
Esperanto: grade , malabrupte
Finnish: asteittain (fi) , vähitellen (fi)
French: progressivement (fr)
Galician: gradualmente
German: nach und nach (de) , allmählich (de)
Greek: βαθμιαία (el) ( vathmiaía ) , σταδιακά (el) ( stadiaká )
Hungarian: fokozatosan (hu)
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Italian: gradualmente (it)
Kurdish:
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Latin: paulātim , gradātim
Macedonian: постепено ( postepeno )
Navajo: tąądee
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etter hvert (no) , gradvis , litt etter litt
Nynorsk: etter kvart
Polish: stopniowo (pl) , krok po kroku (pl)
Portuguese: gradualmente , pouco a pouco (pt)
Romanian: treptat (ro) , în mod gradat , progresiv (ro) , în mod treptat
Russian: постепе́нно (ru) ( postepénno )
Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean
Spanish: gradualmente , poco a poco (es) , paulatinamente (es)
Swedish: gradvis (sv)