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单词 slowly but surely
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slowly but surely
slowly but surely: slowly but so as to be certain to achieve a particular end or result; slowly and inexorably.
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1615 N. Breton Characters vpon Ess. 15 Hir foot goeth slowly, but surely.
1794 A. Young Example of France (ed. 3) 21 Governments..hobble slowly, but surely, towards the great land-marks of individual happiness and national prosperity.
1870 G. T. Curtis Life D. Webster II. xxxiv. 326 The disease..went on slowly but surely to its fatal consummation.
1912 W. B. Selbie Nonconformity xii. 228 These things are slowly but surely coming about.
2013 Argus Weekend (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 2 June 8 My dream is slowly but surely becoming a reality.
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