"постепенно" meaning in Russian

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          "english": "However petty such fancies might be, they gradually create an entire fantastic reality that engulfs a man and totally paralyses his ability to act.",
          "ref": "1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:",
          "roman": "Kak ni ničtožny takije pustjaki, no iz nix postepenno sozidajetsja celaja fantastičeskaja dejstvitelʹnostʹ, kotoraja vtjagivajet v sebja vsevo čeloveka i soveršenno paralizujet jevo dejatelʹnostʹ.",
          "text": "Как ни ничтожны такие пустяки, но из них постепенно созидается целая фантастическая действительность, которая втягивает в себя всего человека и совершенно парализует его деятельность.",
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