"gradatim" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin gradātim",
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  "etymology_text": "Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422",
          "text": "This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…"
        }
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        "step by step; gradually and methodically."
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        [
          "step by step",
          "step by step"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
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          "methodically",
          "methodically"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "alternatim"
        },
        {
          "word": "literatim"
        },
        {
          "word": "seriatim"
        },
        {
          "word": "verbatim"
        }
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "in order"
        },
        {
          "word": "stepwise"
        },
        {
          "word": "sequentially"
        }
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        "not-comparable",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹæ.dæˈtiːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Latinate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹəˈdeɪ.tɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Anglicised"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gradatim"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "alternatim"
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    {
      "word": "literatim"
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      "word": "seriatim"
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        {
          "ref": "1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422",
          "text": "This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "step by step; gradually and methodically."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "step by step",
          "step by step"
        ],
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          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
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          "methodically",
          "methodically"
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        "(obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in order"
    },
    {
      "word": "stepwise"
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    {
      "word": "sequentially"
    }
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  "word": "gradatim"
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