gradually Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a gradual manner
    step by step; bit by bit.
    • the snake moved gradually toward its victim

WordNet

Grad"u*al*ly adverb
Definitions
  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 1913