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little by little

English

  1. 🔊 by a short distance
    “they moved it by inches”
  2. 🔊 a little bit at a time
    “the research structure has developed piecemeal”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 a poquitos little by little
  2. 🔊 al suave little by little
  3. 🔊 de a poquitos little by little
  4. 🔊 poco a poco little by little, bit by bit, step by step, gradually

Similar words

by inches by small degrees piecemeal bit by bit in stages bit by bit by degrees by inches by inchmeal by slow degrees by snatches degreewise drop by drop foot by foot gradatim grade by grade gradually in detail in driblets in installments in lots in small doses in snatches inch by inch