gradatim [grey-dey-tim] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adverb (in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of gradatim Borrowed into English from Latin around 1575–85 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gradatim Historical Examples of gradatim
Plain words, I said, in these cases, were more shocking to their sex than gradatim actions.
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