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gradatory
  1. Proceeding step by step; gradual.
  2. (zoology) Suitable for walking; said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
gradual
  1. Proceeding by steps or small degrees; advancing step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A gradual progress under certain circumstances is less risky than a hasty change.”
      “Exhale at an even and gradual pace.”
      “The section on Fiji ends with Sanadhya's reference to his gradual mastery of the Fijian language, his fondness for which is captured in the samples cited and translated.”
gradualistic
  1. Of or pertaining to gradualism
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, in recent decades geologists have been saying that the gradualistic uniformitarianism of Charles Lyell does not match the evidence.”
      “As long as the evidence is not absolutely inescapable, we humans will invent ad hoc and gradualistic explanations to explain away these changes.”
      “In the final analysis the authors identify key problems with gradualistic evolution of the immune system.”
graduall
  1. Obsolete form of gradual.
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