gradual

  • (a) proceeding in small stages
    • a gradual increase in prices
  • (a) (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
    • a gradual slope

Nouns

  • (n) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass

Antonyms

sudden steep

See also

slow inclined

Words of close approximity

graduality gradually gradualness