little by little

1. see bit by bit.

Example Sentences

Paul was undeterred, and little by little he wore Anthony down.

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“It happened incrementally, every day, little by little,” Bates said.

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As I got older — listening to people, reading books, talking to friends — little by little I came to understand the definition that fit my experiences was anxiety.

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As he told me in 2017, “I had my little girl, and I got married. All that trust, I built it, little by little with my family members,” he said.

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“Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups,” Francis wrote.

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Related Words

• constantly 
• continuously 
• deliberately 
• gently 
• increasingly 
• moderately 
• progressively 
• regularly 
• steadily