adverb
gradually and progressively (Freq. 3)
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his health weakened day by day
• Syn: ↑daily
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1 day by day they were forced to retreat: GRADUALLY, slowly, progressively; bit by bit, inch by inch, little by little, inchmeal.
→ day
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day by day
Daily
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Main Entry: ↑day
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day by day phrase
in small slow stages as each day passes
She’s much better now and getting stronger day by day.
Main entry: day
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gradually and steadily
day by day I grew worse
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day by day
: in small amounts every day
Day by day, the situation is becoming more complex.
She felt herself growing stronger day by day. [=every day]
◇ If you take it/things day by day, you make progress in a slow and careful way by dealing with each day as it comes.
He hopes to make a full recovery after his surgery, but right now he's just taking it day by day. [=taking it one day at a time, taking each day as it comes]
I don't know if our relationship is going to work out. I'm taking things day by day at this point.
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Main Entry: ↑day
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day by ˈday idiom
all the time; a little at a time and gradually
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Day by day his condition improved.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.