"vähitellen" meaning in Finnish

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vähä",
        "3": "tellen",
        "alt2": "-(i)tellen"
      },
      "expansion": "vähä + -(i)tellen",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "vähä + -(i)tellen",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "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": "vähitellen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vähitellen",
      "name": "fi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -tellen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Try to grow up little by little!",
          "text": "Yritä nyt vähitellen aikuistua!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gradually, little by little, bit by bit (in small quantities)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vähitellen-fi-adv-z-aA1NYt",
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "bit by bit",
          "bit by bit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asteittain"
        },
        {
          "word": "pala palalta"
        },
        {
          "word": "pikkuhiljaa"
        },
        {
          "word": "vähä vähältä"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋæhitelːen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋæɦiˌt̪e̞lːe̞n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elːen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vähitellen"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vähä",
        "3": "tellen",
        "alt2": "-(i)tellen"
      },
      "expansion": "vähä + -(i)tellen",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "vähä + -(i)tellen",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "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": "vähitellen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vähitellen",
      "name": "fi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Finnish 4-syllable words",
        "Finnish adverbs",
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish lemmas",
        "Finnish terms suffixed with -tellen",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Finnish terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/elːen",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/elːen/4 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Try to grow up little by little!",
          "text": "Yritä nyt vähitellen aikuistua!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gradually, little by little, bit by bit (in small quantities)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "bit by bit",
          "bit by bit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋæhitelːen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋæɦiˌt̪e̞lːe̞n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elːen"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "asteittain"
    },
    {
      "word": "pala palalta"
    },
    {
      "word": "pikkuhiljaa"
    },
    {
      "word": "vähä vähältä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vähitellen"
}