Synonyms for little by little
lit·tle by lit·tle

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1. little by littleadverb

   Synonyms:
   step by step, incrementally, bit by bit

2. little by littleadverb

   A small amount at a time.

   Synonyms:
   bit by bit, step by step, incrementally

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1. piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, in stagesadverb

   a little bit at a time

   "the research structure has developed piecemeal"

   Synonyms:
   gradually, piecemeal, in stages, bit by bit, by inches, by small degrees, step by step

2. by inches, little by little, by small degreesadverb

   by a short distance

   "they moved it by inches"

   Synonyms:
   piecemeal, by inches, in stages, bit by bit, by small degrees

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1. little by little

   Synonyms:
   piecemeal, gradually

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1. Maria Sharapova:

   It certainly felt good to start, after not playing a match for a couple of months. Despite all the training, it's such a different feeling to go out on the court and play in front of a crowd, you always want to apply the things you work on little by little into match atmosphere. I think I did that quite well. I wanted to start off sharp and try to do the right things.

2. Sir Issac Newton, On how he made discoveries:

   By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light.

3. Ignacio Garrido:

   The main goal was to recover physically because I lost 50 percent of my muscles, my clubs felt like iron bars when I swung them so I had to go little by little.

4. Alfred Chan:

   Investors have calmed down quite a lot as the market has stabilized and people have started to build up their long positions little by little as trading activity normalized.

5. Teresa Marie:

   On the day of surgery I was 390 pounds and as a teacher, I could not stand for longer than two minutes without feeling like I was going to die. Little by little, I worked out.