slowly but surely

idiom

: by making slow but definite progress
used to stress that something is happening or being done even though it is not happening or being done quickly
We're getting the work done, slowly but surely.

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Yet fortunes have turned more recently, with on-field inadequacies slowly but surely eating into off-field resources. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 The Luna overhaul comes as Amazon’s young game studio, run by 2K Games co-founder Christoph Hartmann, is slowly but surely working on a slate of original mid-level and top-tier games, known as AA and AAA games within the gaming industry. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025 Europe is moving forward, slowly but surely. Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 The Brazilian is slowly but surely recovering his best form under Xabi Alonso and that much was made clear on Saturday night. Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slowly but surely

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“Slowly but surely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowly%20but%20surely. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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