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Gradual

Gradual Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gradual? [n] (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass [adj] proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices" [adj] of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gradual: bit-by-bit \| easy \| gentle \| gradational \| gradatory \| graduated \| in small stages \| piecemeal \| sloping \| step-by-step \| stepwise Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gradual: ambling \| cautious \| circumspect \| claudicant \| crawling \| creeping \| creeping like snail \| deliberate \| dilatory \| easy \| even \| faltering \| flagging \| foot-dragging \| gentle \| halting \| hobbled \| hobbling \| idle \| inchmeal \| indolent \| lagging \| languid \| languorous \| lazy \| leisurely \| limping \| lumbering \| moderate \| piecemeal \| poking \| poky \| regular \| relaxed \| reluctant \| sauntering \| shuffling \| slack \| slothful \| slow \| slow as death \| slow as molasses \| slow as slow \| slow-crawling \| slow-foot \| slow-going \| slow-legged \| slow-moving \| slow-paced \| slow-poky \| slow-running \| slow-sailing \| slow-stepped \| sluggish \| snaillike \| snail-paced \| staggering \| steady \| step-by-step \| strolling \| tentative \| toddling \| tortoiselike \| tottering \| trudging \| turtlelike \| unhurried \| waddling See Also \| antiphon \| antiphony \| inclined \| slow Gradual In Webster's Dictionary \Grad"ual"\; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf. {Gradual}, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. --Milton. \Grad"ual\, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf. {Grail} a gradual.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Gradual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gradual?

[n] (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
[adj] proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
[adj] of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope"

See Also | antiphon | antiphony | inclined | slow

Gradual In Webster's Dictionary

\Grad"u*al"\; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf.
{Gradual}, n.]
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as
in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly
progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a
gradual decline.

      Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
      reason, all summed up in man.            --Milton.


\Grad"u*al\, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1),
fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf.
{Grail} a gradual.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
   (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the
       Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon
       ascended the steps.
   (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the
       Mass.

2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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