Usually means: Gradually progressing in small amounts.
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  1. little by little: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. little by little: Merriam-Webster
  3. little by little: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. little by little: Collins English Dictionary
  5. little by little: Vocabulary.com
  6. little by little: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. little by little: Wiktionary
  8. Little by little, little by little: Dictionary.com
  9. Little By Little, Little by Little (Oasis song), Little by Little (Robert Plant song), Little by Little (Rolling Stones song), Little by Little (Tommy Emmanuel album), Little by Little (band), Little by Little (musical), Little by Little: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. little by little: Rhymezone
  11. little by little: FreeDictionary.org
  12. little by little: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. little by little: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. little by little: Legal dictionary

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  1. little by little: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (little by little)

▸ adverb:  A small amount at a time.

Similar:
bit by bit, piecemeal, by inches, by small degrees, in stages, poco a poco, inchingly, inch by inch, inchmeal, incrementally, more...

Phrases:
Eric, or, Little by Little, cut down little by little, take away little by little, more...

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Similar:
bit by bit, piecemeal, by inches, by small degrees, in stages, poco a poco, inchingly, inch by inch, inchmeal, incrementally, more...

Phrases:
Eric, or, Little by Little, cut down little by little, take away little by little, more...



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