GRADUALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gradualness mean? 

• GRADUALNESS (noun)
  The noun GRADUALNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual

2. the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages

  Familiarity information: GRADUALNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRADUALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property possessed by a slope that is very gradual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gentleness; gradualness

Hypernyms ("gradualness" is a kind of...):

gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)

Antonym:

abruptness (the property possessed by a slope that is very steep)

Derivation:

gradual ((of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

graduality; gradualness

Hypernyms ("gradualness" is a kind of...):

fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)

Derivation:

gradual (proceeding in small stages)