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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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gradually
Also: little by little, by degrees
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- Ветер постепенно успоко́ился. The wind gradually died down.
- В после́дние годы цены постепенно росли́. Prices have been gradually rising in recent years.
- Постепенно мы шли вброд в холо́дной воде. We waded into the cold water inch by inch.
- Спонта́нные сове́ты городски́х старши́н постепенно переросли́ в оборони́тельные формирова́ния. Ad-hoc councils of town elders slowly evolved into militias.
- Э́то постепенно. It's a gradual thing.
- Иде́я постепенно начала нра́виться ему больше. The idea grew on him.
- Шум постепенно стал гро́мче. The noise gradually became louder.
- Э́то постепенно ста́ло его привы́чкой. That gradually became his habit.
- В после́дние полго́да здоро́вье Тома постепенно ухудша́лось. Tom's health has gradually deteriorated over the past six months.
- Постепенно холодает. It's gradually getting colder.
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