The gradualness of this movement. --M. Arnold.
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The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. --H. Drummond. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
gradualness — gradual ► ADJECTIVE 1) taking place in stages over an extended period. 2) (of a slope) not steep or abrupt. DERIVATIVES gradually adverb gradualness noun. ORIGIN Latin gradualis, from gradus step … English terms dictionary
gradualness — noun see gradual II … New Collegiate Dictionary
gradualness — See gradually. * * * … Universalium
gradualness — noun The condition of being gradual … Wiktionary
gradualness — n. condition of occurring in phases, state of taking place slowly … English contemporary dictionary
gradualness — grad·u·al·ness … English syllables
gradualness — noun 1. the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual • Syn: ↑gentleness • Ant: ↑abruptness • Derivationally related forms: ↑gentle (for: ↑gentleness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gentleness — noun 1. the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual • Syn: ↑gradualness • Ant: ↑abruptness (for: ↑gradualness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑gentle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
graduality — noun the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages • Syn: ↑gradualness • Derivationally related forms: ↑gradual (for: ↑gradualness), ↑gradual • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
