What does step by step mean?

step by step means "in a gradual manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for step by step?

Close synonyms include gradually, bit by bit, stepwise. 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 step by step a common word?

step by step 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.

step by step — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a gradual manner
“the snake moved gradually toward its victim”
Synonymsgradually bit by bit
2.
proceeding in steps
“the voltage was increased stepwise”
Synonymsstepwise

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What does step by step mean?: step by step means "in a gradual manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
What is another word for step by step?

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