One by one

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Individually in succession. not-comparable

    "The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one."

Adverb
  1. 1
    one piece at a time wordnet
  2. 2
    apart from others wordnet
  3. 3
    in succession wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
adriftaloneapartapart fromapieceaside from

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"The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one."

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