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Russian
Etymology
постепе́нный (postepénnyj) + -о (-o)
Pronunciation
Adverb
постепе́нно • (postepénno)
- gradually, step by step, by and by, progressively
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Как ни ничтожны такие пустяки, но из них постепенно созидается целая фантастическая действительность, которая втягивает в себя всего человека и совершенно парализует его деятельность.- Kak ni ničtožny takije pustjaki, no iz nix postepenno sozidajetsja celaja fantastičeskaja dejstvitelʹnostʹ, kotoraja vtjagivajet v sebja vsevo čeloveka i soveršenno paralizujet jevo dejatelʹnostʹ.
- However petty such fancies might be, they gradually create an entire fantastic reality that engulfs a man and totally paralyses his ability to act.
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Adjective
постепе́нно • (postepénno)
- short neuter singular of постепе́нный (postepénnyj)