as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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The house was built in 1772 by Jonas Cutts, the wealthy owner of thousands of acres between two New England rivers who sold them off little by little, to maintain the Cutts family’s bizarre illusion of living on an English country estate.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
But time does offer you the opportunity, little by little, to see the past in context.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
The house was built in 1772 by Jonas Cutts, the wealthy owner of thousands of acres between two New England rivers who sold them off little by little, to maintain the Cutts family’s bizarre illusion of living on an English country estate.
—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Alternate tweezing hairs from one side to the other side, little by little.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 July 2024
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20by%20little. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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