gradatim

[ grey-dey-tim ]

/ greɪˈdeɪ tɪm /

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adverb

(in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.

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Origin of gradatim

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1575–85

Al longissim, subarcuat, remigibus prioribus longissimis, cteris gradatim brevioribus.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume II|William Swainson
Sumus tamen solito rariores, quod initium est gradatim desinendi.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence|Cornelius Tacitus
Her nurse Norton boasts of her maternal offices in her earliest infancy; and in her education gradatim.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
Plain words, I said, in these cases, were more shocking to their sex than gradatim actions.
Clarissa, Volume 7|Samuel Richardson

Ad hujus, quod super essentiam est, Unius intelligentiam gradatim ascendit.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote