Gradually
Gradually adverb - By small steps or amounts.
Usage example: add the sugar to the beaten egg whites gradually to make the meringue
Sharply
Sharply adverb - In a strikingly neat and trim manner.
Both words in one sentence
- Mostly averted in Hardcore mode for Fallout: New Vegas: crippled limbs require a doctor bag to repair, stimpacks heal gradually instead of all at once, and food's healing effects are sharply diminished.
Source: Hollywood Healing - Played up even more sharply in the Season 5 episode "Hide and Seek." She couldn't stand having to babysit three kindergarten-age superheroes at first, but gradually she warmed up to them and turned into a full-blown Mama Bear when they were in danger.
Source: Sugar and Ice Personality
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