Functional levels
Energy will gradually be lost.Energy will gradually be lost.Energy will gradually be lost.Energy will gradually be lost.
Erosion will gradually eliminate the craters.Erosion will gradually eliminate the craters.Erosion will gradually eliminate the craters.Erosion will gradually eliminate the craters.
Gradually is not a preposition. It's an adverb.
The tumor was gradually cut out.
Gradually is an adverb. In the sentence, "The girl gradually walked to her seat," gradually is an adverb because it demonstrates how or to what extent the girl walks to her seat.
I gradually increased the temperature in the house. The plane gradually decreased it's altitude towards the runway.
Gradually slowing down is 'decelerating'.
The word 'gradually' is not a verb; gradually is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb or an adjective, or even another adverb. Example:We gradually paid off the mortgage.His gradually more painful leg finally drove him to seek medical treatment.
The cat gradually stalked up to the mouse and pounced!
This is an acute infection. It does not come gradually.
She gradually made her way up the beach. -V.Cain Gradually means to progress, but to progress slowly. -V.Cain
Yes, the tides gradually slow Earth's rotation.Yes, the tides gradually slow Earth's rotation.Yes, the tides gradually slow Earth's rotation.Yes, the tides gradually slow Earth's rotation.