gradual

gradual has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
• n.. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
• n.. A series of steps.
• n.. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
• a.. proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
• a.. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope"