1. gradual

adjective. ['ˈgrædʒuːəl'] proceeding in small stages.

Words that Rhyme with Gradual

• annual
• asexual
• audiovisual
• biannual
• bisexual
• conceptual
• consensual
• consensual
• continual
• contractual
• eventual
• eventual
• factual
• habitual
• ineffectual
• intellectual
• intellectual
• manual
• massmutual
• menstrual

How do you pronounce gradual?

Pronounce gradual as ˈgræʤuəl.

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Example sentences of the word gradual

1. Adjective
Weaning is a puppy's gradual transition from mother's milk to puppy food.

Quotes containing the word gradual

1. My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference.
- Ray William Johnson

2. Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen

3. The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not.
- E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

2. gradual

adjective. ['ˈgrædʒuːəl'] (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt.

3. gradual

noun. ['ˈgrædʒuːəl'] (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass.