Term Gallery logo

Meanings of by small degrees in English

By a short distance.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "by inches"
        Examples for "by inches"
        1
        It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
        The Blind Spot
        2
        Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
        The Irish Times
        3
        He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
        The Hellbound Heart
        4
        Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
        Hunting the Lions
        5
        It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
        White night
        1
        He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
        The Moon-Voyage
        2
        The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
        How to Live a Holy Life
        3
        Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
        English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English Hist...
        4
        The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
        Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
        5
        Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
        The Plunderer
        Usage of by small degrees in English
        1
        People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
        Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
        2
        Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
        Thrift
        3
        He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
        Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
        4
        Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
        Meditations
        5
        By small degrees it gathered pace.
        An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine...