"小刻みに" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (ko, \"small,\" \"little\") + 刻み (kizami, nominative form of 刻む, \"cut fine,\" \"engrave\") + に. Literally \"in little cuts.\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小刻みに",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "刻",
          "きざ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kokizami ni",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "こきざみ に"
      },
      "expansion": "小(こ)刻(きざ)みに • (kokizami ni)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mincing, bit by bit, little by little, piecemeal"
      ],
      "id": "en-小刻みに-ja-adv-4PxwNnAk",
      "links": [
        [
          "mincing",
          "mincing"
        ],
        [
          "bit by bit",
          "bit by bit"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "piecemeal",
          "piecemeal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "小刻みに"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (ko, \"small,\" \"little\") + 刻み (kizami, nominative form of 刻む, \"cut fine,\" \"engrave\") + に. Literally \"in little cuts.\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小刻みに",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "刻",
          "きざ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kokizami ni",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "こきざみ に"
      },
      "expansion": "小(こ)刻(きざ)みに • (kokizami ni)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adverbs",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mincing, bit by bit, little by little, piecemeal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mincing",
          "mincing"
        ],
        [
          "bit by bit",
          "bit by bit"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "piecemeal",
          "piecemeal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "小刻みに"
}

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  "path": [
    "小刻みに"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "小刻みに",
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}