0 A gradable adjective or adverb is one that can be used in the comparative or superlative, or that can be qualified by words such as 'very' or 'quite'.
1 (of adjectives and adverbs) able to be used with words like "more" and "less," or having different forms that show this:
It is simply unusual for a gradable adjective to be preceded by a non-gradable adjective.
Synthetic responses for gradable and non-gradable monosyllabics were compared within and between groups (four-year-olds, seven-year-olds and adults).
They begin listing comparative forms, which, for the most part, will be for high frequency gradable monosyllabic adjectives and will be synthetic.
Semantic similarity and dissimilarity are gradable variables, yet there are no gradable truth values to accompany intermediate semantic similarity and dissimilarity.
In other words, they assume gradable predicates such as long and open to carry set meaning specifications and set scale structures.
Thus, dead and alive aren't gradable; nor will they readily permit modification.
Gradable properties are connected to notions that express gradation in one way or another.
However, for four-year-olds, the mean frequency of synthetic comparative choice for gradable monosyllabics did not significantly differ from chance, t(17)=1.44, p=0.168.
