"The emergence of tardive dyskinesia was gradual," said Dr. Joseph Deveaugh-Geiss, a consulting professor of psychiatry at Duke University.
"The shifts in the past have been very gradual," said John Lindback, the state's director of elections.
"The Bank of England will have to raise rates eventually, but any increases are likely to be gradual," said Danny Cox at the financial services company and fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown.
"Roughly speaking, the pain could be compared to a burst appendix, only more gradual," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University.
"At the very least, it is a reminder that the expected pickup in economic growth in the second half of the year will be gradual," said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics.
"Progress here is excruciatingly gradual," says Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, who has made regular attempts to introduce comprehensive legislation for mental-illness coverage.
But I like the idea of gradual," says Brian. "We've had to deal with a bit of backlash," adds Dave.
"It's very gradual," said Donna Berliner of White Plains, whose youngest child just graduated from high school and who also has two older daughters.
Any decline in the status of the dollar will be gradual, said Mr. Rogoff, who pointed to the erosion of the British pound sterling over several decades as a precedent.
"It was very gradual," she said.
"It has to be gradual," he said.
