grade
noun
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity.
well-graded
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a word derived from
grade.
Example Sentences
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The trail itself is well-graded and maintained, starting off on gravel.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
The 9-mile road is paved until it reaches Kachess Campground, but the unpaved section is well-graded and should be manageable for any vehicle.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
It is important to note that soil engineers use similar terms with opposite definitions; well-graded sediment consists of a variety of grain sizes, and poorly graded sediment has roughly the same grain sizes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
While few, if any, villagers were employed by the logging operation itself, several were employed to help maintain the graded road, even a well-graded road will be cut by gullies during the rainy season.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2012
Angela would fain have persuaded the abbé to join us; yet though I made a well-graded road and the journey was neither long nor fatiguing he came but seldom.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall
