different between methodically vs gradatim

English

Etymology

methodical +? -ly

Adverb

methodically (comparative more methodically, superlative most methodically)

1. In a methodical manner; with order.

Synonyms

• scientifically, systematically; see also Thesaurus:methodically

Translations

English

Etymology

Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin grad?tim, from gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• (Latinate) IPA^(key): /??æ.dæ?ti?m/
• (Anglicised) IPA^(key): /????de?.t?m/

Adverb

gradatim (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically.
   • 1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, ? 6, pp409–422

     This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gradatim.

Synonyms

• in order, stepwise; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Related terms

References

Latin

Etymology

From gradus (“step”) +? -?tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra?da?.tim/, [?rä?d?ä?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra?da.tim/, [?r??d???t?im]

Adverb

grad?tim (not comparable)

1. step by step, gradually

Quotations

• 1818, Washington Irving, The Analectic Magazine: Volume XI, p397

  Altera rursus jam a principio constituat generalia quædam abstracta et inutilia; altera gradatim exurgat a dea quæ reverà naturæ sunt notiora.

Descendants

• English: gradatim

References

• gradatim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gradatim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers