gradualness

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English

Etymology

From gradual +‎ -ness.

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Noun

gradualness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being gradual.
    • 1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:
      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.
    Synonym: graduality

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