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Gradatory

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Grad´a`to`ry
a.1.Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.
Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
- A. Seward.
2.(Zool.) Suitable for walking; - said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
n.1.(Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
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Adj.1.gradatory - taking place by degrees
gradational, graduated
gradual - proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"


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