gradualness

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gradualness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gradualness \Grad"u*al*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or
     gradation; slowness.
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           The gradualness of this movement.        --M. Arnold.
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           The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which
           strikes the simplest observer.           --H. Drummond.
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gradualness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gradualness
      n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
           [syn: gradualness, gentleness] [ant: abruptness,
           precipitousness, steepness]
      2: the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual
         stages [syn: graduality, gradualness]