[syn: gradually, bit by bit, step by step]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bit by bit
adv 1: a little bit at a time; "the research structure has
developed piecemeal" [syn: piecemeal, little by
little, bit by bit, in stages]
2: in a gradual manner; "the snake moved gradually toward its
victim" [syn: gradually, bit by bit, step by step]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "bit by bit":
by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by slow degrees, by snatches,
degreewise, drop by drop, foot by foot, gradatim, grade by grade,
gradually, in detail, in driblets, in installments, in lots,
in small doses, in snatches, inch by inch, inchmeal,
little by little, part by part, piece by piece, piecemeal, slowly,
step by step