gradatim

English

Etymology

Attested in English since 1575–1585:[1] from Latin gradātim, from gradus (step).

Pronunciation

Adverb

gradatim (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically.[1]

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gradatim.

Synonyms

References

  1. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1·1)

Latin

Etymology

From gradus (step) + -ātim.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡraˈdaː.tim/, [ɡraˈdaː.tĩ]

Adverb

gradātim (not comparable)

  1. step by step, gradually

Quotations

  • 1818, Washington Irving, The Analectic Magazine: Volume XI, p397
    Altera rursus jam a principio constituat generalia quædam abstracta et inutilia; altera gradatim exurgat a dea quæ reverà naturæ sunt notiora.

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
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