| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
Antonyms: |
abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | gradually |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
Synonyms: |
bit by bit, by degrees, by installments, constantly, continuously, deliberately, gently, imperceptibly, in small doses, inch by inch, increasingly, little by little, moderately, perceptibly, piece by piece, piecemeal, progressively, regularly, sequentially, serially, steadily, step by step, successively, unhurriedly |
Antonyms: |
abruptly, fastly, intermittently, suddenly |
| Main Entry: | one by one |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | one at a time |
Synonyms: |
gradually, in succession, individually, little by little, one at a time, separately, singly, step by step |
| Main Entry: | piecemeal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | bit by bit |
Synonyms: |
at intervals, by degrees, by fits and starts, fitfully, fragmentary, gradual, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step |
Antonyms: |
all, completely, totally, wholly |
| Main Entry: | bit by bit |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | a little at a time |
Synonyms: |
by degrees, drop by drop, grade by grade, gradually, in stages, inch by inch, inchmeal, little by little, piecemeal, step by step |
| Main Entry: | blow-by-blow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detailed |
Synonyms: |
complete, exhaustive, in-depth, minute, precise, step by step, thorough |
| Main Entry: | gradational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gradual |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
| Main Entry: | step-by-step |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gradual |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, gradational, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, successive, unhurried |