as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
And little by little, my hope was reborn – not based on humans, but on all the other species on the planet.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
First, a long, difficult advance little by little, and then a collapse and rapid capture of one of the salients.
—John Feng, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Unable to separate himself from this object that gives him visibility, Sandro begins to sell himself, and little by little becomes invisible.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for little by little
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20by%20little. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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