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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gradually

GRAD'UALLY

,

adv.

By degrees; step by step; regularly; slowly. At evening the light vanishes gradually.

1.

In degree. [Not used.]

Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically differ from the fantastic reason of brutes.

Definition 2024

gradually

gradually

English

Adverb

gradually ‎(not comparable)

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.
(obsolete) by degrees
Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. — Grew.

Translations

in gradual manner

Bulgarian: постепенно (bg) ‎(postepenno)
Catalan: gradualment
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐漸 (zh), 逐渐 (zh) ‎(zhújiàn), 漸漸 (zh), 渐渐 (zh) ‎(jiànjiàn), 漸次 (zh), 渐次 (zh) ‎(jiàncì)
Czech: postupně (cs)
Danish: gradvis
Dutch: geleidelijk (nl), allengs (nl), gaandeweg (nl)
Esperanto: grade
Finnish: asteittain (fi), vähitellen (fi)
French: progressivement (fr)
Galician: gradualmente
German: nach und nach (de), allmählich (de)

Greek: βαθμιαία (el) ‎(vathmiaía), σταδιακά (el) ‎(stadiaká)
Hungarian: fokozatosan (hu)
Italian: gradualmente (it)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ورده‌ ورده‌ ‎(wirde wirde)
Navajo: tąądee
Polish: stopniowo (pl), krok po kroku
Portuguese: gradualmente, pouco a pouco (pt)
Romanian: treptat (ro), în mod gradat, progresiv (ro), în mod treptat
Russian: постепе́нно (ru) ‎(postepénno)
Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean
Spanish: gradualmente, poco a poco (es), paulatinamente (es)