gradually

As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.

The Butterbrief, issued by Pope Innocent VIII, was a turning point for the then bland Stollen, which gradually became sweeter.

In the last few years, however, Spahn gradually began to notice changes in Ruby Pearl.

The email exchanges started out as cordial, if cold, but gradually grew more confrontational.

The relationships between the characters have evolved almost organically, certainly gradually.

After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.

The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.

The cultivation of tobacco gradually spread from one State to another.

In like manner the mouth, from being a bare symbolic indication, gradually takes on form and likeness.

I thought we were in for an encore performance, but gradually the uproar died away, and by midnight all was quiet.