stepwise

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of stepwise

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
    “The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
    “The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.”

adv

  1. One step or stage at a time; step by step

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Etymology

From step + -wise.

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14 words

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32 words

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46 words

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31 words

2-letter words

11 words

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