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Main Entry: gradual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happening slowly, evenly
Synonyms: bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried
Antonyms: abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Main Entry: gradual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: Proceeding very slowly by degrees.
Synonyms: gradational, piecemeal, step-by-step
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Main Entry: gradual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: Not steep or abrupt.
Synonyms: easy, gentle, moderate
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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