paulatim

paulātim (not paull-), adv.

paulum, by little and little, by degrees, gradually : paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire, Cs.: licentia crevit, S.: adnabam terrae, V.: vitia exuere, Iu.: circumfusā multitudine, L.: paulatim ex castris discedere, a few at a time , Cs.