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gradable |
gradable opposition |
gradate |
gradation |
gradational |
gradatory
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gradatory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective gradatory has 1 sense
- gradatory(s = adj.all) gradational, graduated - taking place by degrees; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
gradatory, a. [See Grade.].
- Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. [1913 Webster]"Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us." [1913 Webster]
- Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. [1913 Webster]
gradatory, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.].
A series of steps from a cloister into a church. [1913 Webster]
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