gradual

Definition

  • noun: a book containing the choral parts of the Mass
  • adjective: moving or changing in small amounts
  • adjective: proceeding by steps or degrees
  • synonyms: slow, piecemeal, gradational

Examples

  • The hospital has made 'gradual' improvements in health care.

  • We noticed a 'gradual' change in temperature.

  • The population 'gradually' increased.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Ends? Got any other theories? Well, the walls of this tunnel could have gently eroded... ...by water which still runs through it... ...providing a gradual break to our fall. - Kind of like a water slide. - Water slide. Okay, that's a theory. But wouldn't the water have formed (..)
    2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth