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Gradually

/ˈɡrædʒuəli/

Happening slowly over time rather than suddenly.

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"The flesh will gradually fill in."

And you gradually fall into a way of depending on them.

'But I probably learned how to enjoy them gradually.

From the Latin word gradualis, which derives from gradus, meaning a step. The term first appeared in English in the late 15th century.

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