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English
Etymology
Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
gradatim (not comparable)
- (obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically.
Quotations
Synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1·1)
Latin
Etymology
From gradus (“step”) + -ātim.
Pronunciation
Adverb
gradātim (not comparable)
- step by step, gradually
Quotations
1818, Washington Irving, The Analectic Magazine: Volume XI, page 397:Altera rursus jam a principio constituat generalia quædam abstracta et inutilia; altera gradatim exurgat a dea quæ reverà naturæ sunt notiora.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
- “gradatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gradatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers