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gradative, a. rare—1.|grəˈdeɪtɪv| [f. (on the analogy of gradation) L. grad-us step: see -ative.] Advancing by grades or steps. Hence graˈdatively adv., step by step.
1818J. Brown Psyche 58 A system-builder you commence, But drawn gradatively from thence, Would quit your doctrine. 1840J. H. Green Vital Dynamics 39 The law..that the progressive phases of the embryo correspond to the abiding forms, which are preserved in the total organism of animated nature, as typical of its gradative evolution. |