Definition of "gradually" []

• In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. (adverb)
• By degrees (adverb)

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• "I do really think, girls, your father is gradually -- mind, I say, _gradually -- gradually_ taking leave of his senses. ""
• "Her expression gradually softened to something kind and gentle."
• "As the term gradually came to be used, a "university" was one of these major, international schools that was distinguished from others by its possessing an official charter (granted by a royal or ecclesiastical authority), a set of statutes, and an established form of governing itself."