Gradually
Moderately
Moderately adverb - To some degree or extent.
Gradually and moderately are semantically related. You can use "Gradually" instead an adverb "Moderately".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- somewhat and gradually
- somewhat and moderately
- little and gradually
- little and moderately
- partially and gradually
- partially and moderately
- easily and gradually
- easily and moderately
- slowly and gradually
- slowly and moderately
- imperceptibly and gradually
- imperceptibly and moderately
- comparatively and gradually
- comparatively and moderately
Both words in one sentence
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From Bad to Worse: Most of the story arcs on the show involve a situation that starts out as moderately horrible and then gradually escalates to such a point that you're surprised the characters come away from it without post traumatic stress disorder.
Source: Series / True Blood -
Early on, the difficulty levels change gradually from warmup level 1, slightly less easy warmup level 2, easy but noticably harder level 3, and then a sudden difficulty spike with moderately hard level 4.
Source: Schizophrenic Difficulty
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