stepwise

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stepwise

adjective

not comparable One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.
Similar: step-by-step, graduated

adverb more stepwise · most stepwise

One step or stage at a time; step by step
Similar: in order, step by step, incrementally

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adv one step or stage at a time

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@misc{stepwise_2026,
  title = {stepwise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stepwise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}