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Meaning of LITTLE BY LITTLE

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  1. [adv]  by a short distance; "they moved it by inches"
  2. [adv]  a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal"
 
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 Synonyms: bit by bit, by inches, by small degrees, in stages, piecemeal
 

 

 

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Little by Little
An adaptation of the Aesop fable, The Crow and the Pitcher, in which a clever crow figures out how to get a drink of water when another crow has given up.

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 Related Terms: bit by bit, by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by slow degrees, by snatches, degreewise, drop by drop, foot by foot, gradatim, grade by grade, gradually, in detail, in driblets, in installments, in lots, in small doses, in snatches, inch by inch, inchmeal, part by part, piece by piece, piecemeal, slowly, step by step
 

 

 

 

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