bit by bit Synonyms

step by step little by little in stages piecemeal gradually in successive steps little at a time come slowly in small amounts in steps stage by stage grade by grade at a regular pace a little at a time unhurriedly slowly but surely begin step by step by stages in dribblets in a step-by-step fashion little at first in a step wise manner has little by little ever greater degree eventually is by insensible degrees little piece at a time piece by piece one step at a time deliberately uniformly systematically steadily slowly moderately insufficiently incompletely inchmeal in small stages stepwise in small doses inch by inch in bits gradationally footmeal by degrees at intervals progressively more and more evenly