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Definitions

step-by-step

ADJECTIVE
gradual
Synonyms
STRONGEST
piecemeal
WEAK
bit-by-bit by degrees continuous creeping even gentle gradational graduate moderate progressive regular slow steady successive unhurried
ADVERB
gradually and steadily
Synonyms
STRONG
bit by bit drop by drop gradually inch by inch little by little one by one piecemeal

Example Sentences

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"It's in their hands. We need time, an incredible break. I am exhausted and after we see step by step."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Reporter Martin Fackler, who said that entering post-storm Fukushima was “like entering hell,” breaks down, step by step, what occurs inside a nuclear reactor when power is lost and the fissionable material can’t be cooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Rather than completing division in a single cycle, the cell achieves it step by step through alternating physical states of the cytoplasm.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Flick said the Copa del Rey holders had to go "step by step" with Raphinha's recovery.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

I walked away from the children, step by step up the stairs, trying to focus my eyes on nothing but the Diamants’ door.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron