Gradatory

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward.

2. Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.