The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
Source: tatoeba (18250)
Gradually
/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/
Synonyms for "gradually" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adverb(5 words)
Noun(3 words)
Adverb(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
Noun(8 words)
diminuendodrift lazilyfunction smoothlygerman schrittweisehardening offlong thrust movementmore and moremore biological relevance
Adverb(6 words)
Adverb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (34)
Noun(14 words)
more emergingmore gradualmost gradualnotch up pointspiece by piecepiecemeal analysispiecemeal approachpiecemeal reform policyserially diluteslow downsteady long term trendstepwise enumerationtiptoeingwatering slowly
Adverb(8 words)
most gradual increaseorganicallyprogressivelyprogressively over timeslowlysmoothlystepwisetemporally
Adverb(7 words)
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More general
1 entriesmanner adverb
More specific
3 entriesCollocations
6 entriesgradually developgradually improvegradually increasegradually over timegradually reducegradually unfold
Inflections
2 entriesmore graduallymost gradually
Derivations
2 entriesSample 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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