Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gradatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grada-to-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

adj

Proceeding step by step; gradual.

Archaic

adj

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).

Example Sentences

"Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us."
"Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens"

Etymology

Compare Latin gradatarium.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

gradatories (plural) more gradatory (comparative) most gradatory (superlative)

Synonyms

gradational graduated

Questions

What does gradatory mean?: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Where does gradatory come from?: Compare Latin gradatarium.

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