Deliberately
Deliberately adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Gradually and deliberately are semantically related in at a leisurely pace topic. In some cases you can use "Gradually" instead an adverb "Deliberately", when it comes to topics like tardily.
Gradually
Gradually adverb - By small steps or amounts.
Deliberately and gradually are semantically related in evenly topic. Sometimes you can use "Deliberately" instead an adverb "Gradually", if it concerns topics such as at a leisurely pace, tardily.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- at leisure and deliberately
- at leisure and gradually
- moderately and deliberately
- moderately and gradually
- leisurely and deliberately
- leisurely and gradually
- slowly and deliberately
- slowly and gradually
- evenly and deliberately
- evenly and gradually
- casually and deliberately
- casually and gradually
- gently and deliberately
- gently and gradually
Both words in one sentence
- Data was made deliberately less human in an attempt to compensate, the idea being that he'd instead gradually gain humanity through experience and thus hopefully turn out, well, not evil.
Source: Pick Your Human Half -
She gradually makes a full recovery, but deliberately hides her progress because she thinks she'll get more sympathy votes for prom queen if people think she's permanently disabled.
Source: Throwing Off the Disability - However, the TV series deliberately portrays her as a seemingly minor character who gradually "ascends" to being a major character .
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