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Stepwise

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal not-comparable

    "The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time."

Adjective
  1. 1
    one thing at a time wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    One step or stage at a time; step by step
Adverb
  1. 1
    proceeding in steps wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From step + -wise.

Etymology 2

From step + -wise.

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