Gradual synonyms

grăj'o͝o-əl

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progressive (related)
(Grammar) Designating a verb form that expresses an action or condition in progress.
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piecemeal
Accomplished or made in stages.
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intermittent (antonym)
Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
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sudden (antonym)
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gradational
Of or pertaining to gradation.
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infrequent (antonym)
Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space:
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abrupt (antonym)
(Geol.) Having sudden variations in composition, form, etc.
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step-by-step
In detail, describing each step precisely and in order.
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easy
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain:
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gentle
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
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moderate
Average priced; standard-deal
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fast (related)
Firm in loyalty:
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rise (related)
Not steep or abrupt
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steep (antonym)
(Informal) expensive
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rapid (related)
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cyclical (related)
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continual (related)
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gradually (related)
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dramatic (related)
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drastic (related)
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creeping
(Botany) Having stems that creep along the ground and root at intervals.
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regular
(Botany) Having symmetrically arranged parts of similar size and shape:
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continuous
Without intervening space; continued; protracted; extended.
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uneven (antonym)
Not straight or parallel:
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Gradual Sentence Examples

  • In this gradual way every practical advantage on the part of the patricians was taken away.

  • A gradual refrigeration proceeded through the Pliocene period.

  • Its polity has been of gradual growth, and still retains some features peculiar to itself.

  • All these processes are regarded as a series of manifestations of a vital principle in higher and higher forms. Oken, again, who carries Schelling's ideas into the region of biological science, seeks to reconstruct the gradual evolution of the material world out of original matter, which is the first immediate appearance of God, or the absolute.

  • The inclusion of other books in the Canon was gradual, and was effected only after centuries of debate.

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