0 the quality of being gradable (= able to be used in the comparative or superlative, or with words such as 'very' or 'quite'):
On the gradability of these adjectives, see below.
The gradability of an adjective is reflected in its ability to express comparison.
The gradability of adjectives has important consequences for their grammatical behaviour.
The gradability of adjectives of comparison is more restricted than that of ordinary adjectives.
This characteristic is known as gradability.
In that study, monosyllabic adjectives were manipulated for both frequency and gradability and disyllabic adjectives of different ending types, for frequency only.
Chapter 3 then returns to semantics, this time considering gradability in adjectives.
In section 3.3 below, we propose a semantic account of these data, based on gradability.
