gradualness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English gradual Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gradualness From gradual + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being gradual.
As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.
1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:
Synonyms
Translations (2)
it gradualità (being gradual) · fi asteittaisuus (being gradual)