"hægt og bítandi" meaning in Icelandic

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Adverb

Etymology: From hægt (“slowly”), compare the adjective hægur (“slow”) and og (“and”) and bítandi (“biting, bitingly”) the present participle of bíta (“to bite”). Etymology templates: {{m|is|hægt||slowly}} hægt (“slowly”), {{m|is|hægur||slow}} hægur (“slow”), {{m|is|og||and}} og (“and”), {{m|is|bítandi||biting, bitingly}} bítandi (“biting, bitingly”), {{m|is|bíta||to bite}} bíta (“to bite”) Head templates: {{head|is|adverbs}} hægt og bítandi
  1. slowly but effectively, by inches, inch by inch Synonyms: hægt og hægt, smám saman, hægt og sígandi, smátt og smátt, rólega Related terms: framvinda, fara hægt í sakirnar, taka rólega á málum, fara ekki geyst
    Sense id: en-hægt_og_bítandi-is-adv-OK~7xRPn Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header

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