English Explanatory Dictionary

step by step

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. From one stage to the next in sequence.
  2. Gradually and steadily.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-step by step.wav

Word forms

step by step

Synonyms

bit by bit little by little one by one additively incrementally footmeal one at a time one step at a time piecemeal step by step stepwise by degrees by inches continually inch by inch gradatim gradually momentarily momently progressively stepmeal unsuddenly
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