We're getting the work done, 'slowly but surely'.
Things are 'slowly' getting better.
working/talking/moving 'slowly'
(..) Sam, I'd like to speak to the maester alone. How are you feeling? Oh, like a hundred-year-old man slowly freezing to death. I need your advice. There's something I want to do, something I... have to do. But it'll divide (..)2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Kill the Boy Season: 5 Episode 5