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    [Adjective]  | "grad*u*al" | \ ˈgra-jə-wəl \


    1: moving, changing, or developing by fine or often imperceptible degrees

    2: proceeding by steps or degrees


    Origin: 1658 ;

     Medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus;

    [Adverb]  | "gradually" 


    1: by small steps or amounts;


      * e.g., " ... gradually worked his way down the class roster "





    [Adjective]  | "gradual" 


    1: proceeding or changing by steps or degrees;


      * e.g., " ... a gradual drop in gas prices will take place over the next several months "





     [ "Gradually" ]

    1: Progressing slowly, by degrees.

      * e.g.,  ... Weeks slipped by and her body gradually healed. 

     [ "Gradualate" ]

    1: To take longer than the accustomed time to graduate from school (gradually graduate) - either from being held back or taking less than the recommended credit courses. i.e. taking 6 years to go through high school or get a B.A. drgree.

      * e.g.,  ... Todd is only taking 6 semester hours this term. At that rate, he should gradualate in about 8 years. 

     [ "Gradually watermelon" ]

    1: by Malinda Kathleen Reese in her video Google Translate Sings: Shape of you she says Gradually watermelon oh me oh my oh me oh my go check her out by searching gradually watermelon on youtube

      * e.g.,  ... oh me oh my gradually watermelon 

     [ "Gradually Watermelon" ]

    1: This is what you get when you put Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran through google translate... Fame, fortune and a whole lot of ten year olds singing "Gradually Watermelon" over and over again at the top of their lungs.

      * e.g.,  ... Kid 1: Did you see the new shirt that Malinda Kathleen Reese released yesterday? Kid 2: Ya! Last time she sold the gradually watermelon shirt my parents told me they wouldn't buy it, but now I have a job! Kid 3(me): I heard about that! I wish I had a job so I could buy it in the re-release... 

     [ "Gradual Slope" ]

    1: A racial slur referring to a person of both Asian and Caucasian ethnic background.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1 "Wow, that Asian girl is super hot!" Guy 2 "I think if you look closer son, you will find that fine creature is a Gradual Slope" 

     [ "Gradual Report" ]

    1: Daniel Grozdich The creator of the one of the most funny YOUTUBE shows on Youtube.com

      * e.g.,  ... "Haha...Danny is hilarious! He makes me laugh every time i watch his videos on youtube!!" 


     [ "Gradual Report" ]

    2: www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/user/gradualreport

      * e.g.,  ... "You should check out the gradual report!" 


     [ "Gradual Report" ]

    3: www.gradualreport.com

     [ "Gradual Report" ]

    1: The most awesome news report ever, hosted by danny, most people watch him on youtube or on his website. One of his more well known projects is his douche nozzle project, in which he tried to deliver somewhere around 350 douche nozzles to the president of the united states. its a funny thing to watch every weekday, go check it out

      * e.g.,  ... Mike: The Gradual Report is one of the greatest things on youtube I've seen so far! 

     [ "Gradual Accumulation" ]

    1: It is when you can't put your windshield wipers on auto because the rain isn't coming down hard enough but still building up on your windshield. So you have to push the wiper lever manually for every wipe.

      * e.g.,  ... Gradual accumulation can happen when rain has slowed to become misty or after a rain storm and mist from other cars build up on your windshield. 

     [ "gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting" ]

    1: Refers to a non-startling strategy employed whenever you are unable to unobtrusively get someone's attention or make eye-contact with him for whatever reason (maybe he's deep in a book, concentrating hard on a household/carpentry task, or using noisy equipment, and thus he does not look up/around occasionally or hear/observe your presence) and so you start out to say hello by speaking very quietly, and then cautiously raising your voice little-by-little (like some modern-day alarm-clocks do so as to wake you "gently" instead of startling you out of a sound slumber with a full-blast ringer right away) till the previously-oblivious person eventually becomes aware of your proximity and glances up.

      * e.g.,  ... I'd wanted to ask my elderly neighbor about my possibly carpooling with him on his grocery-shopping trip the next day, but he was so busy using his riding lawnmower that he never noticed me despite my circling around in front of him several times, so I eventually used the gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting to finally get his attention. 

     [ "Gradual Shrinkage" ]

    1: A witty insult for when ones penis slowly and gradually gets soft, and can't keep a hard on. Typically used for embarrassing someone from the lack of erection for stimulating their partner.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I can't believe you didn't get laid with that girl! You really missed your mark and showed her some gradual shrinkage. 

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