"asteittain" meaning in Finnish

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "asteittainen"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "distributive plural",
      "name": "fi-adverbial-case"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "aste",
        "3": "ttain",
        "alt1": "astei-",
        "pos2": "distributive plural",
        "t1": "degree, level"
      },
      "expansion": "astei- (“degree, level”) + -ttain (distributive plural)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "astei- (“degree, level”) + -ttain (distributive plural)",
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        "10": "",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "comparative",
        "f2accel-form": "comparative",
        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
        "f4accel-form": "superlative",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "asteittain",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "asteittain",
      "name": "fi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -ttain",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by degrees (in small steps)"
      ],
      "id": "en-asteittain-fi-adv-TpE9tCZR",
      "links": [
        [
          "by degrees",
          "by degrees"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gradually"
      ],
      "id": "en-asteittain-fi-adv-6HqcF2Vq",
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "29 71",
          "sense": "gradually",
          "word": "vähitellen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑstei̯tːɑi̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑ̝s̠te̞i̯t̪ːɑ̝i̯n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑsteitːɑin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asteittain"
}

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    "Finnish 3-syllable words",
    "Finnish adverbs",
    "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish terms suffixed with -ttain",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsteitːɑin",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsteitːɑin/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "asteittainen"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "distributive"
      },
      "expansion": "distributive plural",
      "name": "fi-adverbial-case"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "aste",
        "3": "ttain",
        "alt1": "astei-",
        "pos2": "distributive plural",
        "t1": "degree, level"
      },
      "expansion": "astei- (“degree, level”) + -ttain (distributive plural)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "astei- (“degree, level”) + -ttain (distributive plural)",
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        "10": "",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "comparative",
        "f2accel-form": "comparative",
        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
        "f4accel-form": "superlative",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "asteittain",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "asteittain",
      "name": "fi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "by degrees (in small steps)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "by degrees",
          "by degrees"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gradually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑstei̯tːɑi̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑ̝s̠te̞i̯t̪ːɑ̝i̯n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑsteitːɑin"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "vähitellen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asteittain"
}