drop by drop
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- trickleThin, slow stream
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- slowlyAt reduced speed
- graduallyIn slow stages
steady · faucet · leak · seep · ooze · dribble · rain · tears · medicine · patience · accumulate · drizzle · patter · spout · infusion · IV · condensation · bead
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
flow rate/quantity
drop by dropin a rush
Pressed for time
all at once · pouring · gushing · streaming · cascading
manner of accumulation/progression
drop by dropall at once
Occurring without gradual buildup
wholesale · suddenly · instantaneously · en masse · at a stroke