'Gradualness' definitions:
Definition of 'gradualness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn: gradualness, gentleness] [ant: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness]
noun
The quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages [syn: graduality, gradualness]
Definition of 'Gradualness'
From: GCIDE
- Gradualness \Grad"u*al*ness\, n. The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. [1913 Webster]
- The gradualness of this movement. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. --H. Drummond. [1913 Webster]