'Gradatory' definitions:

Definition of 'gradatory'

From: WordNet
adjective
Taking place by degrees [syn: gradational, gradatory, graduated]

Definition of 'Gradatory'

From: GCIDE
  • Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gradatory'

From: GCIDE
  • Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, a. [See Grade.]
  • 1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. [1913 Webster]
  • Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. --A. Seward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. [1913 Webster]