Meanings
- uncountableThe 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 187Synonyms: graduality
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being gradual.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
nounthe quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish asteittaisuus
- asteittaisuusbeing gradual
Italian gradualità
- gradualitàbeing gradual
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gradualness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gradualness
“gradualness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gradualness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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