one by one

adverbial phrase

Meaning

Individually and in a sequence rather than all at once.

Examples

The guests entered the ballroom one by one to greet the hosts.
She picked up the fallen books one by one and placed them back on the shelf.

Synonyms: singly, individually, piece by piece, sequentially

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one by one

adverbial phrase

Pronunciation: wʌn baɪ wʌn

Definition

Individually and in a sequence rather than all at once.

Examples

The guests entered the ballroom one by one to greet the hosts.
She picked up the fallen books one by one and placed them back on the shelf.
The lights in the office building turned off one by one as the staff went home.

Synonyms of one by one

Words with a similar meaning to one by one:

singly
individually
piece by piece
sequentially

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