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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

graded

· IPA /ˈɡɹeɪdɪd/
01 adj. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.
  1. 1.
    ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.
  2. 2.
    leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
Syn. ordered, ranked. — Syn. -- graveled.