little by little, gradually
Latin word, found 345 times in the texts on Socratos.
Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.33.3: Paulatim autem Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire et in Galliam magnam eorum multitudinem venire populo Romano peric …
Lucan, Civil War 4.284: Paullatim cadit ira ferox, mentesque tepescunt;