gradatory

/G R AE1 D AH0 T AO0 R IY0/
adjective
  1. 1

    (zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).

  2. 2

    (archaic) Proceeding step by step; gradual.

noun
  1. 1

    (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.