gradual movement
Inch by inch
Gradual movement is slow, incremental change or progression rather than sudden shifts.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from physical motion to abstract processes: the gradual movement of tectonic plates, a gradual movement toward democracy.
In music, a gradual movement is a section played at a slow tempo.
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- inchingMoving very gradually
- inch by inchIn tiny successive stages
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- driftGradual movement, no direction
seeping · slow · slow burn · steady · incremental · bit by bit · glacial · snail · oozing · shifting · tectonic shift · easing · easing in · sliding · progression · subtle · imperceptible · slow fade
gradual movementleap
Sudden springing movement
flash · rush · jump · snap decision · jolt
gradual movementjump
Propel oneself airborne
leap · step change · quantum jump · rupture · saltation
gradual movementstasis
State of inactivity
standstill · immobility · stillness · stagnation · inertia
gradual, graduals, gradually, gradualness, gradient, gradients, grade, grades, graded