SkyfireDict

step-by-step   (TTS Sound)

The adj step-by-step has 1 sense

• bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise -- (one thing at a time)

The adv step by step has 2 senses

• gradually, bit by bit, step by step -- (in a gradual manner; "the snake moved gradually toward its victim")


• stepwise, step by step -- (proceeding in steps; "the voltage was increased stepwise")