day by day

• Rhymes: -eɪ

day by day (comparative more day by day, superlative most day by day)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: one day at a time.

   He tore the page for Thursday from his day by day calendar.

   Wimbledon's press office produces a day by day summary of the day's play.

   • 1995, “Day by Day”, in Jesus Freak, performed by dc Talk:

     These three things I do pray, day by day.

2. gradually

   Day by day things got worse.

• month by month

• “day by day”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “day by day”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “day by day” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.