by degrees

English

Prepositional phrase

In gradual steps.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
  "She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees.

Synonyms

in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

in gradual steps

Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐漸地, 逐渐地 (zhújiàn de)
Finnish: asteittain (fi)

Italian: a poco a poco
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: постепе́нно (ru) (postepénno), понемно́гу (ru) (ponemnógu), ма́ло-пома́лу (ru) (málo-pomálu)

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