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

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A step-by-step guide for where to put your money for your child’s future.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

You can take a virtual tour of the five rooms of the Biocontainment Unit and its step-by-step process of managing extra-infectious patients.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

This step-by-step breakup helps explain puzzling features seen elsewhere on Earth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The spokesperson also shared a statement noting that importers and brokers can visit CBP’s website for resources and step-by-step guidance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Three nuthatches he found later provided a sorry little step-by-step lesson in cause and effect: one was feeding on an elm, another was found dying of typical DDT symptoms, the third was dead.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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