as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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Recent Examples of little by little
Every hard choice comes with risk, Grenier expressed, but for him, the risk is paying off little by little.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
The hay becomes carbonized little by little, and then the charred portion, like peat, becomes a kind of pyrophorus.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
But time does offer you the opportunity, little by little, to see the past in context.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
And, over time, little by little, guns lost their allure for me.
—Iain Overton, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
The hay becomes carbonized little by little, and then the charred portion, like peat, becomes a kind of pyrophorus.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
But time does offer you the opportunity, little by little, to see the past in context.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
And, over time, little by little, guns lost their allure for me.
—Iain Overton, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
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 23 Apr. 2025.
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