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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gradatim en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɹəˈdeɪ.tɪm/ (Anglicised)
  • /ɡɹæ.dæˈtiːm/ (Latinate)

Etymology

Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Step by step; gradually and methodically.
    • This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary… 1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422

Relateds

verbatim · literatim · seriatim · alternatim

Synonyms

stepwise · in order