incrementally
advEtymology From incremental + -ly.
1
In an incremental fashion; by small changes.
- The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2:
- Performance is improving incrementally, depot by depot and diagram by diagram.2026 February 18, Will Rogers talks to Richard Wilcock, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1055, page 47:
- Synonyms
- little by little, gradually, additively, bit by bit, incrementally, footmeal, one at a time, one by one, one step at a time, piecemeal, step by step, stepwise
- Antonyms
- decrementally
- Related terms
- additionally, adjunct, sequentially, gradually