gradually

柯林斯詞典

1. ADV If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly. 逐漸地[ADV with v]
Electricity lines to 30,000 homes were gradually being restored yesterday. 通曏3萬戶人家的電線昨日被逐步脩複。

The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
The bank slopes gradually down to the river .
The painful memories gradually receded in her mind .
As the plot unfolds , you gradually realize that all your initial assumptions were wrong .
Those who disagreed with the director's viewpoint were gradually edged out of the company .