Most likely if it ends in "ing"
It might be said that the "honest Tradesman" is Jerry. He refers himself with this term because during the day he has an honest job at the bank however, at night, he is a "resurrection man", he digs up corpses to sell for a profit. It might be import to clarify that this references is used ironical in order to contrast with his night job.
Answer: gradually means slowly in English
Explanation:
Example gradually improving my grades , means I am slowly making my grades better
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