Gradually
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus ‘step’. The original sense of the adjective was ‘arranged in degrees’; the noun refers to the altar steps in a church, from which the antiphons were sung.
wiktionary
gradual + -ly
etymonline
gradually (adv.)
1640s, from gradual + -ly (2).
