Gradually and Hopefully

Gradually

Gradually adverb - By small steps or amounts.

Hopefully and gradually are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hopefully" instead an adverb "Gradually".

Nearby Words: gradual, gradation, gradualism

Hopefully

Hopefully adverb - It is hoped.
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Synonyms for Hopefully

Gradually and hopefully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gradually" instead an adverb "Hopefully".

Nearby Words: hope, hopeful, hopefulness

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.
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