gradatim

[ grey-dey-tim ]
/ greɪˈdeɪ tɪm /

adverb

(in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.

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Origin of gradatim

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1575–85

Words nearby gradatim

grad, grad., gradability, gradable, gradate, gradatim, gradation, grade, grade cricket, grade crossing, grade i astrocytoma
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Example sentences from the Web for gradatim

  • Plain words, I said, in these cases, were more shocking to their sex than gradatim actions.

    Clarissa, Volume 7|Samuel Richardson