The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
Source: tatoeba (18250)
Gradually
//ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli//
Synonyms for "gradually" (30 found)
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Related words (15)
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تَدْرِيجِيّاً adv (in gradual manner)
- خُطْوةً فَخُطْوةً adv (in gradual manner)
- شوي شوي adv (in gradual manner)
- شَيْئاً فَشَيْئاً adv (in gradual manner)
Armenian
1 entries- աստիճանաբար adv (in gradual manner)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tədricən adv (in gradual manner)
Belarusian
1 entries- паступо́ва adv (in gradual manner)
Bulgarian
1 entries- постепенно adv (in gradual manner)
Catalan
1 entries- gradualment adv (in gradual manner)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- وردە وردە adv (in gradual manner)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 漸次 /渐次 adv (in gradual manner)
- 漸漸 /渐渐 adv (in gradual manner)
- 逐漸 /逐渐 adv (in gradual manner)
Czech
1 entries- postupně adv (in gradual manner)
Danish
1 entries- gradvis adv (in gradual manner)
Dutch
4 entries- allengs adv (in gradual manner)
- gaandeweg adv (in gradual manner)
- geleidelijk adv (in gradual manner)
- langzamerhand adv (in gradual manner)
Esperanto
2 entries- grade adv (in gradual manner)
- malabrupte adv (in gradual manner)
Finnish
2 entries- asteittain adv (in gradual manner)
- vähitellen adv (in gradual manner)
Galician
1 entries- gradualmente adv (in gradual manner)
German
4 entries- allmählich adv (in gradual manner)
- nach und nach adv (in gradual manner)
- schrittweise adv (in gradual manner)
- stufenweise adv (in gradual manner)
Greek
2 entries- βαθμιαία adv (in gradual manner)
- σταδιακά adv (in gradual manner)
Hanunoo
1 entries- amat-amat adv (in gradual manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- fokozatosan adv (in gradual manner)
Italian
1 entries- gradualmente adv (in gradual manner)
Japanese
3 entries- 徐々に adv (in gradual manner)
- 次第に adv (in gradual manner)
- 段々と adv (in gradual manner)
Korean
3 entries- 서서히 adv (in gradual manner)
- 점점 adv (in gradual manner)
- 점차 adv (in gradual manner)
Latin
2 entries- gradātim adv (in gradual manner)
- paulātim adv (in gradual manner)
Macedonian
1 entries- постепено adv (in gradual manner)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ adv (in gradual manner)
- ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡳ adv (in gradual manner)
Middle English
1 entries- esiliche adv (in gradual manner)
Navajo
1 entries- tąądee adv (in gradual manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- etter hvert adv (in gradual manner)
- gradvis adv (in gradual manner)
- litt etter litt adv (in gradual manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- etter kvart adv (in gradual manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- aulmälich adv (in gradual manner)
Polish
2 entries- krok po kroku adv (in gradual manner)
- stopniowo adv (in gradual manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- gradualmente adv (in gradual manner)
- pouco a pouco adv (in gradual manner)
Romanian
4 entries- progresiv adv (in gradual manner)
- treptat adv (in gradual manner)
- în mod gradat adv (in gradual manner)
- în mod treptat adv (in gradual manner)
Russian
1 entries- постепе́нно adv (in gradual manner)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mean air mhean adv (in gradual manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pòstepeno adv (in gradual manner)
- по̀степено adv (in gradual manner)
Slovak
1 entries- postupne adv (in gradual manner)
Slovene
1 entries- postopoma adv (in gradual manner)
Spanish
3 entries- gradualmente adv (in gradual manner)
- paulatinamente adv (in gradual manner)
- poco a poco adv (in gradual manner)
Swedish
1 entries- gradvis adv (in gradual manner)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пово́лі adv (in gradual manner)
- поступо́во adv (in gradual manner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dần dần adv (in gradual manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The sky has gradually clouded over.
Source: tatoeba (18351)
Prices have been gradually rising in recent years.
Source: tatoeba (18640)
The music gradually died away.
Source: tatoeba (25456)
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