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- constantly
- continuously
- deliberately
- gently
- increasingly
- moderately
- progressively
- regularly
- steadily
- bit by bit
- by degrees
- by installments
- imperceptibly
- in small doses
- inch by inch
- little by little
- perceptibly
- piece by piece
- piecemeal
- sequentially
- serially
- step by step
- successively
- unhurriedly
On this page you’ll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gradually, such as: constantly, continuously, deliberately, gently, increasingly, and moderately.
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His team’s model suggests that deaths could decline to about 88,000 simply by introducing a vaccine gradually, giving it to 10 percent of the population each month, and distributing it uniformly without prioritizing any groups.
WHO SHOULD GET A COVID-19 VACCINE FIRST?JILL NEIMARKNOVEMBER 20, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
A strengthening economy should gradually lift rates, boosting “net interest income”—the spread between what banks charge on home and credit card loans and what they pay in interest on deposits.
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WORDS RELATED TO GRADUALLY
- by degrees
- drop by drop
- grade by grade
- gradually
- in stages
- inch by inch
- inchmeal
- little by little
- piecemeal
- step by step
- a little at a time
- bit by bit
- continuously
- drop by drop
- gradually
- in small doses
- inch by inch
- little by little
- piece by piece
- steadily
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- barely
- by a hair
- by no means
- comparatively
- detectably
- faintly
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- just
- little
- no more than
- no way
- not a bit
- not at all
- not by much
- not likely
- not markedly
- not measurably
- not much
- not notably
- not noticeably
- not often
- not quite
- once in a blue moon
- only
- only just
- perceptibly
- practically
- pretty near
- rarely
- scantly
- seldom
- simply
- slightly
- somewhat
- sparsely
- sporadically
- with trouble
- gradually
- hardly
- just barely
- scarcely
- at one’s convenience
- at one’s leisure
- calmly
- comfortably
- composedly
- deliberately
- dilatorily
- easily
- gradually
- inactively
- indolently
- laggardly
- langorously
- languidly
- lazily
- lethargically
- lingeringly
- listlessly
- slowly
- sluggishly
- taking one’s time
- tardily
- torpidly
- with delay
- without haste
- gradually
- in succession
- individually
- little by little
- one at a time
- separately
- singly
- step by step
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casually, cautiously, constantly, deliberately, hardly, en.synonym.one, imperceptibly, perceptibly, scarcely, slowly, successively, unceasingly, bit by bit, step by step.
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Margaret Halsey:
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people’s characters.
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Jeremy Wladis:
The next thing you know, the train starts doing funny things, and it gradually starts getting worse and worse.
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen:
It’s appropriate… for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our overnight interest rate over time, and probably in the coming months such a move would be appropriate.
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Robert Piper:
I see this extraordinarily inhuman and unjust process of strangling gradually two million civilians in Gaza that really pose a threat to nobody.
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Jonathon Keats:
If the landscape changes over time, the photographic plate will show multiple overlapping scenes or the motion blur of a scene that gradually morphs.
Translations for gradually
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- تدريجياArabic
- gradualmentCatalan, Valencian
- postupněCzech
- gradvisDanish
- allmählich, nach und nachGerman
- σταδιακά, βαθμιαίαGreek
- gradeEsperanto
- paulatinamente, gradualmente, poco a pocoSpanish
- رفته رفتهPersian
- vähitellenFinnish
- progressivementFrench
- mean air mheanScottish Gaelic
- gradualmenteGalician
- fokozatosanHungarian
- gradualmenteItalian
- 徐々にJapanese
- ورده وردهKurdish
- geleidelijk, gaandeweg, allengsDutch
- gradvisNorwegian
- krok po kroku, stopniowoPolish
- gradualmente, pouco a poucoPortuguese
- treptat, în mod treptat, în mod gradat, progresivRomanian
- постепенноRussian
- gradvisSwedish
- క్రమంగాTelugu
- поступовоUkrainian
- ביסלעכווייַזYiddish
- 逐漸Chinese
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gradually
adverb
Definition of gradually
as in slowly
by small steps or amounts
gradually worked his way down the class roster add the sugar to the beaten egg whites gradually to make the meringue
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slowly
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bit by bit
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progressively
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by degrees
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inch by inch
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little by little
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piece by piece
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increasingly
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piecemeal
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gradationally
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imperceptibly
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hierarchically
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inchmeal
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fractionally
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crescively
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suddenly
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steeply
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acutely
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hastily
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precipitously
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