Usually means: Progressing gradually, one day after.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word day by day:

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  1. day by day: Merriam-Webster
  2. day by day: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. day by day: Collins English Dictionary
  4. day-by-day, day by day: Vocabulary.com
  5. day by day: Wordnik
  6. day by day: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. day by day: Wiktionary
  8. day-by-day: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Day by day, day-by-day, day by day: Dictionary.com
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  11. day by day: Rhymezone
  12. day-by-day, day by day: FreeDictionary.org
  13. day-by-day, day by day: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. day-by-day, day by day: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. day by day: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. day by day: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (day by day)

▸ adverb:  one day at a time
▸ adverb:  gradually

Similar:
daily, from day to day, little by little, day-to-day, bit by bit, day after day, diurnally, stepwise, one step at a time, quotidially, more...

Opposite:
sporadically, intermittently, irregularly

Phrases:
to live day by day, more...



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Similar:
daily, from day to day, little by little, day-to-day, bit by bit, day after day, diurnally, stepwise, one step at a time, quotidially, more...

Opposite:
sporadically, intermittently, irregularly

Phrases:
to live day by day, more...



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