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Gradual

/ɡrˈædʒuəl/
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(adj) Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

Your English has made gradual progress.
Computers caused a great, if gradual, change.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The recovery from the surgery was a ____ process that took several months of physical therapy and rest.

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