step by step

See also: step-by-step

English

Adverb

step by step (not comparable)

1. From one stage to the next in sequence.

   We were shown the process step by step.

2. Gradually and steadily. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (in sequence): in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially
• (gradually and steadily): bit by bit, little by little; see also Thesaurus:incrementally or Thesaurus:gradually

Translations

gradually

• 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)
• Georgian: ნაბიჯ-ნაბიჯ (nabiǯ-nabiǯ), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela)
• German: nach und nach (de), Schritt für Schritt, schrittweise (de)
• Greek: βαθμηδόν (el) (vathmidón), βήμα προς βήμα (víma pros víma)
• Hungarian: lépésről lépésre (hu), lépésenként (hu)
• Icelandic: skref fyrir skref
• Ido: pazope (io)
• Italian: passo a passo, gradualmente (it), poco a poco, poco per volta
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• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trinn for trinn

  Nynorsk: trinn for trinn

• Persian: قدم به قدم (qadam be qadam), گام به گام (gâm be gâm)
• Portuguese: passo a passo (pt), pouco a pouco (pt), de pouquinho em pouquinho, gradualmente
• 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)
• Turkish: adım adım (tr), yavaş yavaş (tr)
• Zazaki: gam gam