gradually Copy link Outline 1. paulātim (paull-)2. grădātim (by steps or degrees)3. pĕdĕtentim (cautiously feeling the way for one's feet, paulatim et ut dicitur pedetentim, Quint. 5, 7, 20)4. sensim (perceptibly though slowly)5. lēnĭter, clēmenter (of things which slope or incline) • gradually: 1. paulātim (paull-): the Germans are g. becoming accustomed to cross the Rhine, p. consuescunt Germani Rhenum transire, Caes.: a hill gently rising sloped g. back upon the plain, collis leniter fastigiatus p. ad planitiem redibat, Caes. B. G. 2, 8: Cic. 2. grădātim (by steps or degrees): to rise g. (of the voice), g. ascendere, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, init. Join: pedetentim et gradatim, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, fin. 3. pĕdĕtentim (cautiously feeling the way for one's feet, paulatim et ut dicitur pedetentim, Quint. 5, 7, 20): Cic.: v. cautiously. 4. sensim (perceptibly though slowly): to advance g. and cautiously, s. et pedetentim progredi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, fin.: custom has g. come to that, consuetudo eo s. deducta est, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 9. 5. lēnĭter, clēmenter (of things which slope or incline): v. gently.