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Bit by bit

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Adverb
  1. 1
    A small amount at a time not-comparable

    "There’s a sick comfort in reciting this litany of defects. Maybe I sensed them at the time but I never put them into words. Now that I suspect he’s a cunt, however, I’m hauling them out and examining them in the pitiless light of day. This happens at the end of every relationship, I’ve found, but in this particular case I have an even more urgent need to destroy my lover’s loveableness, bit by bit, until it’s entirely gone."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a gradual manner wordnet
  2. 2
    a little bit at a time wordnet

Etymology

From bit + by + bit. Compare West Frisian bytsje by bytsje (“bit by bit”), Dutch beetje bij beetje (“bit by bit”).

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