1. A little bit at a time
   - piecemeal, bit by bit, in stages 
2. By a short distance
   - by inches, by small degrees

Encyclopedia: Little by little

• symphysion
• symphysis
• Symphytum
• Symphytum officinale
• Symplocaceae
• Symplocarpus
• Symplocarpus foetidus
• symploce
• Symplocus
• Symplocus paniculata
• Symplocus tinctoria
• sympodial
• symposiarch
• symposiast
• symposium
• symptom
• symptomatic
• symptomatically
• symptomatology
• symptomless
• synaeresis
• synaesthesia
• synaesthetic
• synagogue
• Synagrops