In stages
Slowly
Slowly adverb - At a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- moderately and in stages
- moderately and slowly
- piecemeal and in stages
- piecemeal and slowly
- deliberately and in stages
- deliberately and slowly
- gradually and in stages
- gradually and slowly
- gently and in stages
- gently and slowly
- steadily and in stages
- steadily and slowly
- progressively and in stages
- progressively and slowly
Both terms in one sentence
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The character Quilan's memory returns to him in stages during a genocidal and suicidal undercover mission, alternate chapters take the reader through the past events he has forgotten, slowly revealing both what the mission is and what kind of a man would agree to do it.
Source: Memory Gambit
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