{
    "term": "gradually",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "slowly, over a long period of time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **gradually increase/decrease**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather gradually improved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gradually, the children began to understand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **gradually becoming** conscious of aches and pains caused by the long, tiring flight."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡrædʒuəli/",
                "audio": "gr/gradually/gradually__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡrædʒuəli/",
                "audio": "gr/gradually/gradually__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}