"bit by bit" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From bit + by + bit. Compare West Frisian bytsje by bytsje (“bit by bit”), Dutch beetje bij beetje (“bit by bit”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|bit|by|bit|nocat=1}} bit + by + bit, {{cog|fy|bytsje by bytsje|t=bit by bit}} West Frisian bytsje by bytsje (“bit by bit”), {{cog|nl|beetje bij beetje|t=bit by bit}} Dutch beetje bij beetje (“bit by bit”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bit by bit (not comparable)
  1. A small amount at a time Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: little by little, incrementally, step by step, stepwise, footmeal, gradatim, piece by piece Translations (a small amount at a time): شوي شوي (šway šway) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), կամաց-կամաց (kamacʻ-kamacʻ) (Armenian), a poco a poco (Asturian), a poc a poc (Catalan), کەم کەم (kem kem) (Central Kurdish), نەختە نەختە (nexte nexte) (Central Kurdish), 漸漸 (Chinese Cantonese), 渐渐 (alt: zim⁶ zim⁶, zim⁶ zim⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 逐漸 (Chinese Cantonese), 逐渐 (alt: zuk⁶ zim⁶, zuk⁶ zim⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 逐漸 (Chinese Mandarin), 逐渐 (zhújiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 漸漸 (Chinese Mandarin), 渐渐 (jiànjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), lidt efter lidt (Danish), peu à peu pø om pø (Danish), beetje bij beetje (Dutch), iom post iom (Esperanto), pocu a pocu (Extremaduran), smátt um smátt (Faroese), so við og við (Faroese), pø á pø [colloquial] (Faroese), hiljalleen (Finnish), pala palalta (Finnish), pikkuhiljaa (Finnish), vähän kerrassaan (Finnish), vähitellen (Finnish), vähä vähältä (Finnish), peu à peu (French), petit à petit (French), aos poucos (Galician), pouco a pouco (Galician), pouco e pouco (Galician), ცოტ-ცოტა (coṭ-coṭa) (Georgian), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela) (Georgian), Stück für Stück (German), nach und nach (German), allmählich peu à peu (German), מעט מעט (Hebrew), apránként (Hungarian), lassanként (Hungarian), ó ghiota go giota (Irish), a poco a poco (Italian), man mano (Italian), 少しずつ (sukoshizutsu) (alt: すこしずつ) (Japanese), 追々 (oioi) (Japanese), បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ (bɑntəch mdɑɑng bɑntəch mdɑɑng) (Khmer), 야금야금 (yageumyageum) (Korean), paulātim (Latin), tractim (Latin), pauxillātim (Latin), no an no (Luxembourgish), малку по малку (malku po malku) (Macedonian), малце по малце (malce po malce) (Macedonian), turuki (Maori), tąądee (Navajo), pø om pø (Norwegian), litt etter litt (Norwegian Bokmål), litt etter hvert (Norwegian Bokmål), pø om pø (Norwegian Bokmål), litt etter litt (Norwegian Nynorsk), litt etter kvart (Norwegian Nynorsk), pauc a pauc (Occitan), کمکم (kam-kam) (Persian), bessawiess (Plautdietsch), krok po kroku (Polish), po trochu (Polish), de pouco em pouco (Portuguese), pouco a pouco (Portuguese), aos poucos (Portuguese), puțin câte puțin (Romanian), ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu) (Russian), понемно́гу (ponemnógu) (Russian), постепе́нно (postepénno) (Russian), mean air mhean (Scottish Gaelic), beag air bheag (Scottish Gaelic), ceum is ceum (Scottish Gaelic), poco a poco (Spanish), a poquitos (Spanish), lite i taget (Swedish), pö om pö (Swedish), bit för bit (Swedish), efterhand (Swedish), az az (Turkish), azar azar (Turkish), потро́ху (potróxu) (Ukrainian), dần dần (Vietnamese), pitchote a midjote (Walloon), שטיקלעכווײַז (shtiklekhvayz) (Yiddish)
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "a poc a poc"
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "alt": "zim⁶ zim⁶, zim⁶ zim⁶⁻²",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhújiàn",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiànjiàn",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "lidt efter lidt"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "peu à peu pø om pø"
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "beetje bij beetje"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "iom post iom"
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          "code": "ext",
          "lang": "Extremaduran",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pocu a pocu"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "smátt um smátt"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "so við og við"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "hiljalleen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pala palalta"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pikkuhiljaa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "vähän kerrassaan"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "coṭ-coṭa",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "ცოტ-ცოტა"
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          "roman": "nel-nela",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "ნელ-ნელა"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "Stück für Stück"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "man mano"
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          "alt": "すこしずつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sukoshizutsu",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oioi",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "追々"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑntəch mdɑɑng bɑntəch mdɑɑng",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yageumyageum",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "야금야금"
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kem kem",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "کەم کەم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nexte nexte",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "نەختە نەختە"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "paulātim"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "tractim"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pauxillātim"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "no an no"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "malku po malku",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "малку по малку"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "malce po malce",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "малце по малце"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "turuki"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "tąądee"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pø om pø"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "litt etter litt"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "litt etter hvert"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pø om pø"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "litt etter litt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "litt etter kvart"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pauc a pauc"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kam-kam",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "کمکم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "bessawiess"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "krok po kroku"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "po trochu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "de pouco em pouco"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pouco a pouco"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "aos poucos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "puțin câte puțin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "málo-pomálu",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "ма́ло-пома́лу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponemnógu",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "понемно́гу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "postepénno",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "постепе́нно"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "mean air mhean"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "beag air bheag"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "ceum is ceum"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "poco a poco"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "a poquitos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "lite i taget"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pö om pö"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "bit för bit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "efterhand"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "az az"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "azar azar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "potróxu",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "потро́ху"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "dần dần"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "pitchote a midjote"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shtiklekhvayz",
          "sense": "a small amount at a time",
          "word": "שטיקלעכווײַז"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit by bit"
}
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
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        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Extremaduran translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gulf Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hiligaynon translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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        "A small amount at a time"
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        {
          "word": "little by little"
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        {
          "word": "incrementally"
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        {
          "word": "step by step"
        },
        {
          "word": "stepwise"
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        {
          "word": "footmeal"
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          "word": "gradatim"
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    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šway šway",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "شوي شوي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kamacʻ-kamacʻ",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "կամաց-կամաց"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "a poco a poco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "a poc a poc"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "漸漸"
    },
    {
      "alt": "zim⁶ zim⁶, zim⁶ zim⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "渐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "逐漸"
    },
    {
      "alt": "zuk⁶ zim⁶, zuk⁶ zim⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "逐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "逐漸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhújiàn",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "逐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "漸漸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànjiàn",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "渐渐"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "lidt efter lidt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "peu à peu pø om pø"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "beetje bij beetje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "iom post iom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pocu a pocu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "smátt um smátt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "so við og við"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "pø á pø"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "hiljalleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pala palalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pikkuhiljaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "vähän kerrassaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "vähitellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "vähä vähältä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "peu à peu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "petit à petit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "aos poucos"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pouco a pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pouco e pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "coṭ-coṭa",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "ცოტ-ცოტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nel-nela",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "ნელ-ნელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "Stück für Stück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "nach und nach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "allmählich peu à peu"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "מעט מעט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "apránként"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "lassanként"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "ó ghiota go giota"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "a poco a poco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "man mano"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すこしずつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukoshizutsu",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "少しずつ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oioi",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "追々"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑntəch mdɑɑng bɑntəch mdɑɑng",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yageumyageum",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "야금야금"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kem kem",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "کەم کەم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nexte nexte",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "نەختە نەختە"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "paulātim"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "tractim"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pauxillātim"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "no an no"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "malku po malku",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "малку по малку"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "malce po malce",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "малце по малце"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "turuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "tąądee"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pø om pø"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "litt etter litt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "litt etter hvert"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pø om pø"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "litt etter litt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "litt etter kvart"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pauc a pauc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kam-kam",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "کمکم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "bessawiess"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "krok po kroku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "po trochu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "de pouco em pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pouco a pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "aos poucos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "puțin câte puțin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "málo-pomálu",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "ма́ло-пома́лу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponemnógu",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "понемно́гу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postepénno",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "постепе́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "mean air mhean"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "beag air bheag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "ceum is ceum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "poco a poco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "a poquitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "lite i taget"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pö om pö"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "bit för bit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "efterhand"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "az az"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "azar azar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potróxu",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "потро́ху"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "dần dần"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "pitchote a midjote"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shtiklekhvayz",
      "sense": "a small amount at a time",
      "word": "שטיקלעכווײַז"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit by bit"
}

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