one by one

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one by one

adverb

  1. not comparable Individually in succession. The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.

    Similar: one at a time, one after the other

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adv individually

Españoluno por uno
한국어하나씩 hanassik
日本語一つずつ hitotsuzutsu
中文逐一 zhúyī, 逐個 /逐个 zhúgè, 挨次 āicì, 紛紛 /纷纷 fēnfēn, 依次 yīcì
हिन्दीएक एक करके ek ek karake
Portuguêsum por um
Françaisun par un, un à un
Deutschder Reihe nach, einer nach dem anderen, eine nach dem anderen, eins nach dem anderen, eines nach dem anderen, nacheinander
Italianouno per uno
Русскийоди́н за други́м odín za drugím, по одному́ po odnomú
Tiếng Việtlần lượt
العربيةبِالتَّرْتِيب bi-t-tartīb, فَرْدًا فَرْدًا fardan fardan

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@misc{one_by_one_2026,
  title = {one by one},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one%20by%20one},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}