Meaning of bit by bit | Babel Free
Equivalents
Bosanski
dan
Català
a poc a poc
Dansk
lidt efter lidt
Deutsch
allmählich peu à peu
häppchenweise
nach und nach
nach und nach
peu à peu
scheibchenweise
Stück für Stück
Stück für Stück
Ελληνικά
συνέχεια
Esperanto
iom post iom
فارسی
کمکم
Suomi
hiljalleen
pala palalta
pala palalta
pikkuhiljaa
pikkuhiljaa
vähä vähältä
vähä vähältä
vähän kerrassaan
vähitellen
Gaeilge
ó ghiota go giota
हिन्दी
धीरे धीरे
Hrvatski
dan
Magyar
apránként
Հայերեն
կամաց-կամաց
ქართული
ცოტ-ცოტა
ខ្មែរ
បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ
Nederlands
beetje bij beetje
Српски
dan
Tagalog
paunti-unti
Examples
“There’s a sick comfort in reciting this litany of defects. Maybe I sensed them at the time but I never put them into words. Now that I suspect he’s a cunt, however, I’m hauling them out and examining them in the pitiless light of day. This happens at the end of every relationship, I’ve found, but in this particular case I have an even more urgent need to destroy my lover’s loveableness, bit by bit, until it’s entirely gone.”
“Storm Charlie had raged throught [sic] the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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