Ken Liu

The 'Grace of Kings' begins as a very dark, complicated world filled with injustices - among them the oppressed position of women - but gradually transforms into something better through a series of revolutions. But since real social change takes a long time, even by the end of the book, only the seeds of deep change have been planted.

American Writer

Katharine Graham

It took me a while to learn that certain people may have important skills that are not always blazingly apparent. Gradually I came to realize - slow as I may have been - that what mattered was performance, that sometimes people might have to be helped to develop, and that it takes all kinds to make an organization run properly.

American Businesswoman

Gretchen Rubin

Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may lose interest, give way under stress, or dismiss the change as insignificant. There's an excitement and an energy that comes from a big transformation, and that helps to create a habit.

American Author

Carl Jung

In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.

Swiss Psychologist

Jackie Shroff

I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was not my passion. When I experienced the highs of being an actor, I started liking it, and it gradually became my passion.

Indian Actor

Gregg Wallace

What I firmly believe in is making positive steps in the right direction gradually and that way you move yourself into a healthy lifestyle gradually and that means you never do anything that's uncomfortable.

English Celebrity

Bertrand Russell

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

British Philosopher

Dalai Lama

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

Tibetan Leader

Mark Twain

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Jana Kramer

Gradually, people are connecting with my music, and that means the world to me.

American Actress

Use 'gradual' to describe changes that take place slowly over time, not instantly.

Time-based Change

'Gradual' often implies positive progress or natural development in various situations.

Often Positive

Sometimes 'gradual' warns about change that's too slow, perhaps needing acceleration.

Subtle Warning

Use 'gradual' when describing slopes, ascents, or declines that are not sharp or sudden.

Physical Gradation

A 'gradual' slope implies that it's easier to move, walk, or climb up or down.

Ease of Movement

When something is introduced 'gradually', it means it's done slowly to ease into it.

Gentle Introduction

 In time, they begin to paraphrase what is said, making stylistic adjustments as they go. At some point, a second language is introduced. Practicing in this way creates new neural pathways in the interpreter's brain, and the constant effort of reformulation gradually becomes second nature.

How interpreters juggle...

 So, how come the tattoo doesn't gradually flake off along with them? The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this.

What makes tattoos...

 Gradually, acid wears down a pathway for bacteria into the tooth's secondary layer called the dentin. Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin,

What causes cavities? -...

 to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them. But eventually vaccination was gradually accepted

How we conquered the...

 tonight it took us a while to reach out to the villagers but gradually we got them involved as well we got some of the poachers who would be hunting the animals to be part of the conservation program well as protecting the adult turtles the

Sir David Attenborough...

 meter of sea level wise by the end of the century the main impacts of what might seem a gradual rise of sea level is the risk from storms surges of sea that we've never seen before if we lose all our coastal cities we've

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 permission to go and they said well the girls don't usually go and i said well is there a law i began attending the briefings and gradually i did more the eagle has landed when they were leaving the moon

NASA Trailblazer:...

 you can enter once you learn how to play chess so obviously I was very motivated to learn the game in the beginning it was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very

Giving checkmate is...

 Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to protect our parks, giving our government time to increase our own funding gradually until the end of the 15-year period.

This country isn't just...

 Steroids can help dial down the immune system. Another more permanent option is immunotherapy. Deliberate, controlled exposure to gradually increasing amounts of an allergen

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Time-based Change

Often Positive

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