adv.
Gradually is used with these verbs: ↑ abandon , ↑ absorb , ↑ accumulate , ↑ adjust , ↑ begin , ↑ cease , ↑ change , ↑ climb , ↑ cool , ↑ cut , ↑ dawn , ↑ decline , ↑ decrease , ↑ descend , ↑ deteriorate , ↑ disappear , ↑ dissolve , ↑ drift , ↑ dwindle , ↑ ease , ↑ eliminate , ↑ emerge , ↑ enlarge , ↑ erode , ↑ escalate , ↑ evolve , ↑ expand , ↑ fade , ↑ fill , ↑ gain , ↑ improve , ↑ incorporate , ↑ increase , ↑ intensify , ↑ introduce , ↑ lessen , ↑ lower , ↑ modify , ↑ narrow , ↑ overcome , ↑ pour , ↑ progress , ↑ realize , ↑ recede , ↑ recover , ↑ reduce , ↑ refine , ↑ regain , ↑ relax , ↑ remove , ↑ replace , ↑ return , ↑ rise , ↑ seep , ↑ shift , ↑ shrink , ↑ sink , ↑ slow , ↑ spread , ↑ stir , ↑ subside , ↑ succumb , ↑ tighten , ↑ transfer , ↑ transform , ↑ undermine , ↑ wane , ↑ warm , ↑ weaken , ↑ wean , ↑ widen , ↑ withdraw , ↑ worsen