Gradually
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- somewhat and gradually
- somewhat and slightly
- just and gradually
- just and slightly
- little and gradually
- little and slightly
- moderately and gradually
- moderately and slightly
- partially and gradually
- partially and slightly
- hardly and gradually
- hardly and slightly
- rarely and gradually
- rarely and slightly
Both words in one sentence
- She gradually gets slightly better, but it doesn't stop her stealing his transportation a third time to take her little sister to Pacific Playland.
Source: Jerkass / Film - The Harry Potter books started off as a slightly tongue-in-cheek Urban Fantasy and gradually became an epic High Fantasy in which Anyone Can Die.
Source: Genre Shift / Literature -
There's something going wrong with the TARDIS console; it seems to be getting slightly cooler in the TARDIS, with their breath gradually misting up — something that no one appears to have noticed.
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Slightly and Gradually. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gradually/slightly
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