gradationaladj.

/ɡrəˈdeɪʃənəl/

Etymology: < gradation n. + -al suffix¹.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, gradation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adjective]

intensive1604

gradational1842

gradal1872

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [adjective]

transitory1592

transitive1660

transitional1663

transitionary1685

gradual1692

gradative1840

gradational1842

unabrupt1865

liminala1916

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > gradual or in stages

gradual1692

soft1794

gradationary1824

pedetentous1837

gradational1842

stair-step1959

1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 136/2 A slow and gradational transition of the population into its present physical condition.

1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 47 I..pointed out that even the most remote members were distinguished from one another by gradational differences only.

1868 Lyell's Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xliii. 482 We are only beginning, by aid of paleontology, to trace back the passage through a series of gradational forms.

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. x. 172 It was easier to remain incredulous notwithstanding the gradational distinctness of the whispers.

Derivatives

graˈdationally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [adverb]

hardlyOE

graduately1628

gradually1646

transititiously1652

gradatively1818

transitionally1832

one-on-one1860

gradationally1864

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages

litlumc1000

stoundmealc1000

littlemeala1382

soakinglyc1386

inchmeal1548

gradately1599

gradually1646

gradatively1818

gradationally1864

1864 R. Owen Lect. Power of God 6 The delicately and gradationally adjusted densities of the humours for correcting spherical and chromatic aberration.

1884 19th Cent. Feb. 336 To regard them [a class of diseases], not as uniformly marked out, one from another, by well-defined boundaries, but as shading off gradationally one into another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	gradational
释义	gradationaladj. /ɡrəˈdeɪʃənəl/ Etymology: < gradation n. + -al suffix¹. Pertaining to, or characterized by, gradation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adjective] intensive1604 gradational1842 gradal1872 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [adjective] transitory1592 transitive1660 transitional1663 transitionary1685 gradual1692 gradative1840 gradational1842 unabrupt1865 liminala1916 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > gradual or in stages gradual1692 soft1794 gradationary1824 pedetentous1837 gradational1842 stair-step1959 1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 136/2 A slow and gradational transition of the population into its present physical condition. 1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 47 I..pointed out that even the most remote members were distinguished from one another by gradational differences only. 1868 Lyell's Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xliii. 482 We are only beginning, by aid of paleontology, to trace back the passage through a series of gradational forms. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. x. 172 It was easier to remain incredulous notwithstanding the gradational distinctness of the whispers. Derivatives graˈdationally adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [adverb] hardlyOE graduately1628 gradually1646 transititiously1652 gradatively1818 transitionally1832 one-on-one1860 gradationally1864 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages litlumc1000 stoundmealc1000 littlemeala1382 soakinglyc1386 inchmeal1548 gradately1599 gradually1646 gradatively1818 gradationally1864 1864 R. Owen Lect. Power of God 6 The delicately and gradationally adjusted densities of the humours for correcting spherical and chromatic aberration. 1884 19th Cent. Feb. 336 To regard them [a class of diseases], not as uniformly marked out, one from another, by well-defined boundaries, but as shading off gradationally one into another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1842
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