14
fragmentary(adjective, adverb, part, waste, bit)
13
little by little(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, bit)
11
bit by bit(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, part)
11
gradual(adjective, adverb, fast, bit, slowly)
9
gradually(adjective, adverb, bit)
8
step-by-step(adjective, fast, gradual)
7
bit-by-bit
7
by degrees(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, bit)
7
in small stages(expression, adjective, idiom)
7
inchmeal(adjective, adverb)
6
incomplete(adjective, part, section, fragment, half)
6
partial(adjective, adverb, part, bit, section)
5
fractional(adjective, part, section, fragment, partial)
5
piece by piece(expression, idiom, adverb)
4
fitfully(adjective, adverb, bit)
4
intermittently(adjective, adverb, bit)
4
partly(adverb, part, moderately, somewhat, incompletely)
4
separately
4
slowly
4
step by step(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, bit)
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