gradatim
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Attested in English since 1575–1585:[1] from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Latinate) IPA: /ɡɹæ.dæˈtiːm/
- (Anglicised) IPA: /ɡɹəˈdeɪ.tɪm/
Adverb [edit]
gradatim (not comparable)
- (obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically.[1]
- 1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422
- This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…
- 1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Related terms [edit]
Related terms
References [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From gradus (“step”) + -ātim.
Adverb [edit]
gradātim (not comparable)
Descendants [edit]
- English: gradatim
Quotations [edit]
- 1818, Washington Irving, The Analectic Magazine: Volume XI, p397
- Altera rursus jam a principio constituat generalia quædam abstracta et inutilia; altera gradatim exurgat a dea quæ reverà naturæ sunt notiora.
