Gradatory /(?)/
Grad·a·to·ry
Gradatory
a.
-
Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.
Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
- Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. (Zool.)
Gradatory
n.
- A series of steps from a cloister into a church. (Arch.)