Definitions
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- adverb
Step by step ;stepmeal ;gradually ; in steps;stepwise . - adjective
Stepwise ;gradual .
Etymologies
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From step + -ly.
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Examples
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Away to the southwest, beyond the patches of firwood and the gray, steeply [Transcriber: original 'steply'] rolling land, there toned the far diapason of artillery; strings of army transport, Red Cross vehicles, and miscellaneous men straggled upon the road.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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