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Definition of gradual adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gradual

adjective
 
/ˈɡrædʒuəl/
 
/ˈɡrædʒuəl/
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  1. happening slowly over a long period; not sudden
    • a gradual change in the climate
    • Recovery from the disease is very gradual.
    opposite sudden
  2. (of a slope) not steep
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus ‘step’. The original sense of the adjective was ‘arranged in degrees’.
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