Definitions

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  • adverb In an incremental fashion; in small increments.

Etymologies

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From incremental + -ly.

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Examples

  • You can either grow it one brick at a time, never touching a finished brick again (what he calls incrementally).

    Scrum Log Jeff Sutherland 2010

  • We can design novelty, but only by building out incrementally from the known into the unknown.

    Blurring the Line 2007

  • We can design novelty, but only by building out incrementally from the known into the unknown. doug:

    Blurring the Line 2007

  • We can design novelty, but only by building out incrementally from the known into the unknown.

    Blurring the Line 2007

  • What I found that one of the nice things [about] working incrementally is that I don’t have to reinvent the wheel every single day.

    Work in Increments to Beat Anxiety | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Every use of these terms incrementally blunts the impact of such phrases when required in their proper context: real wars with equally real and deadly enemies trying to kill, maim and conquer their foes.

    Let's declare war on these tired military metaphors Jamie Fahey 2010

  • In an interview after the town meeting, Lieberman said that health care changes can only come incrementally, which is why the

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • Councilwoman Christine Hensley has said she is open to the idea of incrementally cutting funding for the nonprofit programs.

    DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS 2009

  • Councilwoman Christine Hensley has said she is open to the idea of incrementally cutting funding for the nonprofit programs.

    DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS 2009

  • The government said it always planned to introduce the cards "incrementally".

    B2fxxx 2008

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