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gradually
[ graj-oo-uh-lee ]
adverb
- by small degrees or little by little:
The hurricane moved northwestward to northward for two days, gradually weakened to a depression, and then turned eastward.
Over the following decades, the curriculum was gradually expanded, with additional offerings in history, government, languages, geology, and geography.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ···· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gradually1
Example Sentences
Unlike relative sea-level rise that’s driven more gradually by climate change, a rise resulting from a major earthquake “will happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation.”
After a peak in heat on Thursday, temperatures will start to gradually fall over the bank holiday weekend to around average by Monday.
The initial focus was to get the northern and southern power generating regions working again, which grid operator Red Eléctrica said was key to "gradually re-energising the transmission grid as the generating units are connected".
The weather will gradually cool over the bank holiday weekend, although it will stay dry and sunny for most.
Its initial successes, however, gradually turned to disaster.
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