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Meaning of gradually | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Bosanski dan polagano postupno полагано поступно
Čeština postupně znenáhla
Deutsch allgemach allmählich langsam nach und nach nachgerade schrittweise stufenweise stufenweise sukzessive
Ελληνικά αγάλι βαθμιαία σιγά-σιγά σταδιακά
Español gradualmente poco a poco
Suomi askel askeleelta asteittain asteittaisesti graduaalisesti pala palalta pikkuhiljaa porrasteisesti portaattomasti portaittaisesti vähä vähältä vähitellen vähittäin vähittäisesti
Galego gradualmente
हिन्दी क्रमशः धीरे धीरे धीरे रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता हौले-हौले
Hrvatski dan polagano postupno полагано поступно
Bahasa Indonesia lambat laun
日本語 おいおい ぼつぼつ 日に日に 次第に 次第次第に 段々 漸く 漸次
한국어 서서히 점점 점차 차차 차츰
Kurdî dan dan
Latina gradatim gradualiter improperanter minutatim paulatim pedetemptim scalatim taxim
Latviešu arvien
Polski krok po kroku po leku pomału stopniowo z dnia na dzień
Português gradualmente pouco a pouco
Русский постепенно
Српски dan polagano postupno полагано поступно
Svenska efterhand gradvis successivt
ไทย ค่อย
Türkçe anbean azar azar derece derece giderek gitgide gittikçe tedricen tedricî yavaş yavaş
Українська поволі поступово
Tiếng Việt dần dần dà dần dần lần hồi từ từ 寅

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“Horns, upon the due accession of Moisture, doth gradually become Soft.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

grainily grainwise graithly grammatically grammatologically gramophonically

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