by degrees

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) In gradual steps; bit by bit.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 逐漸地
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: a poco a poco
 * Portuguese: a pouco e pouco,
 * Russian:, ,