Entry Word: gradually

Function: adverb

Meaning: by small steps or amounts <gradually worked his way down the class roster> <add the sugar to the beaten egg whites gradually to make the meringue>

Synonyms gradationally, little by little, piece by piece, piecemeal

Related Words hierarchically, increasingly, progressively; fractionally, imperceptibly; slowly

Near Antonyms acutely, sharply, steeply, unprogressively; hastily, precipitously

Antonyms abruptly, suddenly