From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
step by step (not comparable)
- From one stage to the next in sequence.
- Coordinate terms: in order, one step at a time, one by one, sequentially, serially; see also Thesaurus:sequentially
She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully.
We were shown the process step by step.
- Gradually and steadily.
- Synonyms: bit by bit, little by little, one by one; see also Thesaurus:incrementally, Thesaurus:gradually
Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.
2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65:Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.
gradually
- Basque: ttaka-ttaka
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一步一步 (zh) (yībù yībù), 逐步 (zh) (zhúbù)
- Esperanto: paŝon post paŝo
- Estonian: aste-astmelt
- Finnish: askel kerrallaan, vähitellen (fi), asteittain (fi), askelittain
- French: pas à pas (fr)
- Galician: paso e paso, pouco e pouco
- Georgian: ნაბიჯ-ნაბიჯ (nabiǯ-nabiǯ), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela)
- German: nach und nach (de), Schritt für Schritt (de), schrittweise (de)
- Greek: βαθμηδόν (el) (vathmidón), βήμα προς βήμα (víma pros víma)
- Ancient: βάδην (bádēn)
- Hungarian: lépésről lépésre (hu), lépésenként (hu)
- Icelandic: skref fyrir skref
- Ido: pazope (io)
- Ingrian: jalka jalalt
- Italian: passo a passo, gradualmente (it), poco a poco, poco per volta
- Japanese: 一歩一歩 (いっぽいっぽ, ippoippo), 少しずつ (すこしずつ, sukoshi-zutsu)
- Latin: gradātim, pedetemptim
- Lithuanian: pakopa po pakopos
- Macedonian: чекор по чекор (čekor po čekor)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: trinn for trinn
- Nynorsk: trinn for trinn
- Persian: قدم به قدم (qadam be qadam), گام به گام (gâm be gâm)
- Polish: krok po kroku (pl)
- Portuguese: passo a passo (pt), pouco a pouco (pt), de pouquinho em pouquinho (pt), gradualmente (pt)
- Romanian: pas cu pas
- Russian: шаг за ша́гом (šag za šágom), постепе́нно (ru) (postepénno)
- Scottish Gaelic: ceum is ceum, beag air bheag
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: корак по корак
- Roman: korak po korak
- Spanish: paso a paso, poco a poco (es), de paso en paso
- Swedish: steg för steg (sv)
- Turkish: adım adım (tr), yavaş yavaş (tr)
- Welsh: cam a cham, o gam i gam
- Zazaki: gam gam
|