adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
gradually; little by little; incrementally
Formal written word for gradual, step-by-step change. Often used adverbially with verbs such as 改善する, 拡大する, 増加する, or as a stiff の-adjective in phrases like 漸次の移行.
状況は漸次改善している。
The situation is gradually improving.
新制度への漸次の移行が始まった。
The gradual transition to the new system has begun.
A Sino-Japanese compound conventionally written with 漸, associated with gradualness, and 次, associated with order or sequence; together they express change proceeding step by step.