"escalonadamente" meaning in Spanish

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          "ref": "2015 September 17, “El providencial desembarco del Papa”, in El País",
          "text": "Para ello, su Iglesia debió resignarse a las concesiones gubernamentales, escalonadamente generosas conforme el episcopado se distanciaba de los grupos opositores y de las políticas estadounidenses encaminadas a fomentar sublevaciones en Cuba.",
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