step by step

Speech parts

1. step by step - Noun

2. step by step - Adjective

3. step by step - Adverb

4. step by step - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

one thing at a time

in a gradual manner

proceeding in steps

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

step-by-step

Synonyms

gradually piecemeal stepwise bit by bit in small stages fabian intermediate even increasing regular growing increasingly measured continuous slow
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Antonyms

immediately quickly dynamic sharp sudden acute
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Examples

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. Antonio Porchia

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again. Beatrix Potter

In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government. Bernard Bailyn

Step by step one goes far. Dutch Proverb

Stairs are climbed step by step. Kurdish Proverb

Step by step one goes to Rome. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

step away from screens step back step between step by step guide step chair step change