by degrees

by degrees

English

Prepositional phrase

by degrees

1. 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)