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BY SMALL DEGREES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by small degrees mean?
• BY SMALL DEGREES (adverb)
The adverb BY SMALL DEGREES has 1 sense:
1. by a short distance
Familiarity information: BY SMALL DEGREES used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By a short distance
Synonyms:
by inches; by small degrees; little by little
Context example:
they moved it by inches
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