Usually means: Progressing in distinct, separate stages.
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  1. stepwise: Merriam-Webster
  2. stepwise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stepwise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stepwise: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stepwise: Vocabulary.com
  6. Stepwise, stepwise: Wordnik
  7. stepwise: Wiktionary
  8. stepwise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. stepwise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. stepwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. stepwise: Dictionary.com
  12. stepwise: Rhymezone
  13. stepwise: FreeDictionary.org
  14. stepwise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. stepwise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stepwise)

▸ adjective:  One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
▸ adverb:  One step or stage at a time; step by step

Similar:
step by step, piecemeal, gradual, step-by-step, bit-by-bit, in small stages, steply, stagewise, incremental, gradatory, more...

Opposite:
continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken, unceasing

Types:
gradual, incremental, leaps and bounds, measured, more...

Phrases:
Stepwise regression, stepwise refinement, stepwise reaction, twice in a row stepwise, opposite of stepwise, more...

Adjectives:
more, refined, degraded, forward, only, integrated, downward, progressive, new, major, incremented

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Similar:
step by step, piecemeal, gradual, step-by-step, bit-by-bit, in small stages, steply, stagewise, incremental, gradatory, more...

Opposite:
continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken, unceasing

Types:
gradual, incremental, leaps and bounds, measured, more...

Phrases:
Stepwise regression, stepwise refinement, stepwise reaction, twice in a row stepwise, opposite of stepwise, more...

Adjectives:
more, refined, degraded, forward, only, integrated, downward, progressive, new, major, incremented

Colors:
    blue,     green,     yellow,     orange,     red, more...



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