Thesaurus: gradatory

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1. a. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.
2. a. Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
3. n. A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
4. adj. taking place by degrees
5. 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. (Zoöl.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
6. Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal whenadapted for walking on land.
7. s taking place by degrees