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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/ Audio: en-us-gradually.ogg [US] Forms: more gradually [comparative], most gradually [superlative]
Etymology: gradual + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gradual|ly}} gradual + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} gradually (comparative more gradually, superlative most gradually)
  1. In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. Synonyms (making slow progress): ponderously Translations (in gradual manner): شَيْئاً فَشَيْئاً (šayʔan fašayʔan) (Arabic), خُطْوةً فَخُطْوةً (ḵuṭwatan faḵuṭwatan) (Arabic), تَدْرِيجِيّاً (tadrījiyyan) (Arabic), معو معو (maʕu maʕu) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), شوي شوي (šway šway) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), աստիճանաբար (astičanabar) (Armenian), tədricən (Azerbaijani), паступо́ва (pastupóva) (Belarusian), постепенно (postepenno) (Bulgarian), gradualment (Catalan), وردە وردە (wirde wirde) (Central Kurdish), 逐漸 (Chinese Mandarin), 逐渐 (zhújiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 漸漸 (Chinese Mandarin), 渐渐 (jiànjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 漸次 (Chinese Mandarin), 渐次 (jiàncì) (Chinese Mandarin), postupně (Czech), gradvis (Danish), geleidelijk (Dutch), allengs (Dutch), gaandeweg (Dutch), langzamerhand (Dutch), grade (Esperanto), malabrupte (Esperanto), asteittain (Finnish), vähitellen (Finnish), gradualmente (Galician), nach und nach (German), allmählich (German), stufenweise (German), schrittweise (German), βαθμιαία (vathmiaía) (Greek), σταδιακά (stadiaká) (Greek), fokozatosan (Hungarian), gradualmente (Italian), 段々と (dandan to) (alt: だんだんと) (Japanese), 徐々に (jojo ni) (alt: じょじょに) (Japanese), 次第に (shidai ni) (alt: しだいに) (Japanese), 점점 (jeomjeom) (Korean), 점차 (jeomcha) (Korean), 서서히 (seoseohi) (Korean), paulātim (Latin), gradātim (Latin), постепено (postepeno) (Macedonian), esiliche (Middle English), tąądee (Navajo), etter hvert (Norwegian Bokmål), gradvis (Norwegian Bokmål), litt etter litt (Norwegian Bokmål), etter kvart (Norwegian Nynorsk), aulmälich (Plautdietsch), stopniowo (Polish), krok po kroku (Polish), gradualmente (Portuguese), pouco a pouco (Portuguese), treptat (Romanian), în mod gradat (Romanian), progresiv (Romanian), în mod treptat (Romanian), постепе́нно (postepénno) (Russian), mean air mhean (Scottish Gaelic), по̀степено [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pòstepeno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), postupne (Slovak), postopoma (Slovene), gradualmente (Spanish), poco a poco (Spanish), paulatinamente (Spanish), gradvis (Swedish), поступо́во (postupóvo) (Ukrainian), пово́лі (povóli) (Ukrainian), dần dần (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gradually-en-adv-0CeVUotV Disambiguation of 'making slow progress': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'in gradual manner': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) by degrees Tags: obsolete Synonyms (by degrees): incrementally
    Sense id: en-gradually-en-adv-CZbmIAhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'by degrees': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gradually typed Related terms: consecutively, sequentially, seriatim, slow

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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "vähitellen"
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          "note": "progressivement",
          "sense": "in gradual manner"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "gradualmente"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "nach und nach"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "allmählich"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "schrittweise"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vathmiaía",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "βαθμιαία"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stadiaká",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "σταδιακά"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "gradualmente"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "だんだんと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeomcha",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seoseohi",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "서서히"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "wirde wirde",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "وردە وردە"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "paulātim"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "gradātim"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "postepeno",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "постепено"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "esiliche"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "tąądee"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "etter hvert"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "gradvis"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "litt etter litt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "etter kvart"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "aulmälich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "stopniowo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "krok po kroku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "gradualmente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "pouco a pouco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "treptat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "în mod gradat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "progresiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "în mod treptat"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "postepénno",
          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "постепе́нно"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "mean air mhean"
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
          "word": "postopoma"
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "in gradual manner",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "abruptly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "suddenly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "suddently"
    }
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gradually typed"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gradual",
        "3": "ly"
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more gradually",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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    {
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        "superlative"
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    "grad‧u‧al‧ly"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "consecutively"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "sequentially"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "seriatim"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
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      "glosses": [
        "In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly."
      ],
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          "gradual",
          "gradual"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "by degrees"
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          "by degrees"
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        "(obsolete) by degrees"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/"
    },
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      "sense": "making slow progress",
      "word": "ponderously"
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    {
      "word": "sluggishly"
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      "sense": "by degrees",
      "word": "incrementally"
    },
    {
      "word": "step by step"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "bit by bit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "by degrees"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "by inches"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "continually"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "footmeal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "inch by inch"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gradatim"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "gradually"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "little by little"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "momentarily"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "momently"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "one by one"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "one step at a time"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "progressively"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "stepmeal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:gradually",
      "word": "unsuddenly"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šayʔan fašayʔan",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "شَيْئاً فَشَيْئاً"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵuṭwatan faḵuṭwatan",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "خُطْوةً فَخُطْوةً"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tadrījiyyan",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "تَدْرِيجِيّاً"
    },
    {
      "code": "apc",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maʕu maʕu",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "tags": [
        "North-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "معو معو"
    },
    {
      "code": "apc",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šway šway",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "tags": [
        "North-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "شوي شوي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "astičanabar",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "աստիճանաբար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "tədricən"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pastupóva",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "паступо́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postepenno",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "постепенно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradualment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "逐漸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhújiàn",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "逐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "漸漸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànjiàn",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "渐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "漸次"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàncì",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "渐次"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "postupně"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "geleidelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "allengs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gaandeweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "langzamerhand"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "grade"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "malabrupte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "asteittain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "vähitellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "progressivement",
      "sense": "in gradual manner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "nach und nach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "allmählich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "stufenweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "schrittweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vathmiaía",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "βαθμιαία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stadiaká",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "σταδιακά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "fokozatosan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradualmente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だんだんと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dandan to",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "段々と"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょじょに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jojo ni",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "徐々に"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しだいに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shidai ni",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "次第に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeomjeom",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "점점"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeomcha",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "점차"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoseohi",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "서서히"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "wirde wirde",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "وردە وردە"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "paulātim"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradātim"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postepeno",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "постепено"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "esiliche"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "tąądee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "etter hvert"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "litt etter litt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "etter kvart"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "aulmälich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "stopniowo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "krok po kroku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "pouco a pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "treptat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "în mod gradat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "progresiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "în mod treptat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postepénno",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "постепе́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "mean air mhean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по̀степено"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pòstepeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "postupne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "postopoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "poco a poco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "paulatinamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "gradvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postupóvo",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "поступо́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povóli",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "пово́лі"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in gradual manner",
      "word": "dần dần"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gradually"
}

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