gradatim
advLatinate /ɡɹæ.dæˈtiːm/ · Anglicised /ɡɹəˈdeɪ.tɪm/
Etymology Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).
1
Obsolete Step by step; gradually and methodically.
- This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422