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.