gradually, little by little, bit by bit
eş: allmählich, mit und mit
köken: Literally, “after and after”.
step by step (gradually)
aile: moteur pas à pas
gradually
eş: per gradi, a poco a poco, progressivamente, mano a mano, a mano a mano
köken: From graduale + -mente.
step by step; gradually; little by little
little by little
köken: From 少(すこ)し (sukoshi, “a bit, a little”) + ずつ (zutsu, “at a time”).
step by step, little by little, gradually
eş: krok za krokiem
köken: Literally, “step by step”.
stepwise, step by step (one step or stage at a time)
köken: askel (“step”) + -ttain (distributive plural)
aile: askelittainen
one step at a time, step by step, stepwise
köken: From lépés (“step”) + -enként (distributive suffix).
aile: lépésenkénti
gradually, cautiously, step-by-step
köken: pedetentim seems to imply ped- (“foot”) + tendō (“stretch out, extend”) + -tim, but compare the relation between temptō and tentō.
Pedetemptim (tu hoc scis) tractari satiust hasce huius modi mercis.
Eam ego viam pedetemptim temptabam.
step by step
c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 148
step by step
köken: An onomatopoeic reduplication. Compare tapa-tapa.
step by step
Tökum þetta bara skref fyrir skref.