day by day

1. 1.

   gradually and progressively

   “his health weakened day by day”

   Synonymsdaily

Questions about day by day

What does day by day mean?

day by day means "gradually and progressively".

What is another word for day by day?

Close synonyms include daily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is day by day a common word?

day by day is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.