GRADUALLY

gradually, bit by bit, step by step

(adverb) in a gradual manner; “the snake moved gradually toward its victim”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

gradually (comparative more gradually, superlative most gradually)

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.

(obsolete) by degrees

Synonyms

• (making slow progress): ponderously, sluggishly; See also slowly

• (by degrees): incrementally, step by step, See also gradually

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

GRADUAL

Grad"u*al"; a. Etym: [Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n.]

Definition: Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. Milton.

Grad"u*al, n. Etym: [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

2. A series of steps. [Obs.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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