1
[ adverb ] in a gradual manner

Examples

"the snake moved gradually toward its victim"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Ought not an edifying Trial have made every effort to demonstrate this once_and_for_all by showing how representative types of `` mere '' anti-Semites were drawn step_by_step into the program of skull bashings and gassings ?

Related terms

gradual gradual

2
[ adverb ] proceeding in steps

Synonyms

stepwise

Examples

"the voltage was increased stepwise"

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