gradual Definition

stepwise, piecemeal, gentle, gradational, easy, sloping, graduated, bit-by-bit, gradatory, in small stages, step-by-step, slow, steady, phased, systematic, incremental, sequential, eventual, smooth, phase, progressively, evolutionary, progressive, graceful, seamless, cloudiness, staggered, rolling, ongoing, successive, tiered, staged, graded, sequenced, gradualist, phase-in, phase-out, step-up, rapid, drastic, irreversible, abrupt, precipitous, inexorable, downward, inevitable, noticeable, upward, continual, consequent, continuous, moderate, slight, accelerated, modest, dramatic, quickening, swift, methodical, perceptible, orderly, cyclical, glacial, sudden, significant, precipitious, deliberate, larghissimo, substantial, partial, cautious, flattish, cyclic, sharp, steep, mild, definite, geosynclinal, vigorous, subtle, hasty, meteoric, iterative, transitory, evolutional, radical, fitful, declivitous, stabilizing, muted, human process, equilibrating, concomitant, imperceptible, contractive, accommodative, aggregative, incipient, slow up, painful,