Adjective: gradual gra-joo-ul
- Proceeding in small stages
"a gradual increase in prices"
- (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
"a gradual slope"
- (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
"The choir sang the gradual before the Gospel reading"
Derived forms: graduals
See also: bit-by-bit, easy, gentle, gradational, gradatory, graduated, in small stages, inclined, piecemeal, sloping, slow, step-by-step, stepwise
Encyclopedia: Gradual