Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gradually"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gradually \Grad"u*al*ly\, adv.
1. In a gradual manner.
2. In degree. [Obs.]
Human reason doth not only gradually, but
specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of
brutes. --Grew.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gradually
adv : in a gradual manner; "the snake moved gradually toward its
victim" [syn: {bit by bit}, {step by step}]
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