Meaning of gradually | Babel Free
ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəliDefinitions
- In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.
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by degrees obsolete
Equivalents
Deutsch
allgemach
allmählich
langsam
nach und nach
nachgerade
schrittweise
stufenweise
stufenweise
sukzessive
Suomi
askel askeleelta
asteittain
asteittaisesti
graduaalisesti
pala palalta
pikkuhiljaa
porrasteisesti
portaattomasti
portaittaisesti
vähä vähältä
vähitellen
vähittäin
vähittäisesti
Bahasa Indonesia
lambat laun
Русский
постепенно
ไทย
ค่อย
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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