Gradually
Gradually adverb - By small steps or amounts.
Usage example: add the sugar to the beaten egg whites gradually to make the meringue
Suddenly
Suddenly adverb - With great suddenness.
Usage example: the bus stopped suddenly, and somebody's lunch landed in the aisle
Nearby Words: sudden, suddenness
Both words in one sentence
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A later strip involves all the scenery and objects in the comic suddenly and gradually disappearing including the floor.
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It is possible, however, for a character to be introduced as a Trickster before being gradually or suddenly revealed to possess depths of cruelty and malice that make them truly villainous, in a form of Bait the Dog.
Source: The Trickster - Gradually or suddenly, but often by the time the time traveler has solved their problems (and perhaps learned something himself) rock is accepted, and mundane medieval or prehistoric life will be just a little more "in your face" than our hero found it.
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