gradual

gradual is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline.
2. noun. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
3. noun. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
4. noun. A series of steps.
5. noun. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
6. adjective. proceeding in small stages

   "a gradual increase in prices"

7. adjective. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt

   "a gradual slope"

Common word forms

graduals, gradually, graduality, gradualness

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