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gradualness

gradualness noun: the condition of being gradual.

Noun

gradualness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being gradual.
    • As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187
    Synonyms:
    graduality

Synonyms of gradualness

Origin of gradualness

From gradual + -ness.

Questions about gradualness

What does gradualness mean?
Gradualness means the condition of being gradual.
What part of speech is gradualness?
Gradualness is a noun.

Words near gradualness in the dictionary

  1. gradualizes
  2. gradualizing
  3. graduall
  4. gradually
  5. gradually typed
  6. gradualness
  7. graduals
  8. graduand
  9. graduands
  10. graduate
  11. graduate engineer

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