Gradually and Somewhat

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Gradually adverb - By small steps or amounts.

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

Nearby Words: gradual, gradation, gradualism

Somewhat adverb - To some degree or extent.

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Gradually and somewhat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gradually" instead an adverb "Somewhat".

Cerebus Syndrome: Slides into this gradually; the first somewhat serious arc begins in episode 3, but the arc episodes get somewhat more common and serious in season 2.

Source: Web Video / Echo Chamber
Somewhat like the trope picture, Hancock is a Flying Brick and straight up halts the train rather than slowing it gradually.

Source: Trainstopping
Oddly enough, from there it somewhat resets itself; the following episodes go back to being somewhat lighthearted, then get gradually darker until, by the end of the series, the story has evolved into outright tragedy.

Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Anime and Manga

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