1. Some antonyms are gradable because there are often intermediate forms between the two members of a pair. So it is a matter of degree.

2. Gradable antonyms are pairs of words opposite to each other, but the positive of one word does not necessarily imply the negative of the other, or vice versa.

3. Gradable antonyms: Some antonyms are gradable because there are often intermediate forms between the two members of a pair. This is a matter of degree.

4. A study of the gradable adjectives, then, will make us gain a better understanding of the differences between them.

5. Gradable antonyms are pairs of opposites with variable degrees in semantic strength.

6. All of these above are gradable and can be modified.

7. Such gradable meaning coincides with the cognitive mechanism of human beings.

8. It appears that this phenomenon requires the encapsulation by a head of a gradable modifying notion.