degree

Roget category 26

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.1. Simple quantity

#26. [Relative quantity.] Degree

noun

degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch — reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber — gradation, shade — tenor, compass — sphere, station, rank, standing — rate, way, sort.
point, mark, stage etc. (term) 71 — intensity, strength etc. (greatness) 31.

adjective

comparative — gradual, shading off — within the bounds etc. (limit) 233.

adverb

by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto [It] — however, howsoever — step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop — a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little — in some degree, in some measure — to some extent — di grado in grado [Lat.].

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