Your body has to adjust gradually, even to a small blood loss.
Our eyes were gradually adjusting to the strange light conditions.
Gradually adjusting your schedule like this usually works better than suddenly trying to go to sleep an hour earlier.
But one spending the winter in your nice warm living room might, because it would not have a chance to adjust gradually.
That way your body adjusted gradually to the thinning air.
Its volatility in recent years has hit hard and made it difficult to adjust gradually.
As world oil market fundamentals change, the price band could be adjusted gradually.
His eyes gradually adjusted so that he could just barely make out the larger shapes in the room.
Lights are never dimmed suddenly, but adjust gradually over half an hour.
Seedlings should be adjusted gradually to life in the great open spaces.