gradatory

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gradatory

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noun gradatories

A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

adjective more gradatory · most gradatory

archaic Proceeding step by step; gradual. Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land). Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens

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@misc{gradatory_2026,
  title = {gradatory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gradatory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}