GRADATORY

gradatory. Gradatory, n. a flight of steps, a short staircase

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Grad″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [[See Grade.]] 1. 1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.
Could we have seen crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward. 2. 2. (Zoöl.) Suitable for walking; — said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.