line-by-line

Each row separately

Line-by-line means proceeding through something one line at a time, examining or addressing each line individually before moving to the next.

A line-by-line reading works through a text methodically.

A line-by-line analysis of a poem considers each verse in sequence.

In computing, line-by-line execution processes code one instruction at a time.

The phrase suggests careful, sequential attention: Let's go through this contract line-by-line.

analysis

methodical

Organized and deliberate

meticulous · step-by-step · careful · scrutiny · examination · review · audit · debugging · proofreading · editing

instruction

tutorial

Instructional step-by-step guide

sequential · procedural · demonstration · how-to · explanation · breakdown · methodology · lesson · teaching · scaffolded

reading

sequential

Occurring in succession

  • verseMetered poetic passage
  • stanzaPoem's line grouping
  • poetryMetrical literary composition

script · teleprompter · recitation · aloud · parsing · annotation · exegesis · decoding · manuscript · transcript

translation

parallel

Equidistant at all points

word-for-word · gloss · crib · pony · annotated · correspondence · rendering · transcription · subtitling · dubbing

Categories
Opposites
thoroughness of examination

line-by-lineskimming

Passing lightly over

cursory · superficial · glancing · hasty · perfunctory

processing approach

line-by-lineholistic

Addressing interconnected wholes

at a glance · big-picture · wholesale · in summary · gestalt

reading/analysis granularity

line-by-lineskimming

Passing lightly over

at a glance · cursory · superficially · cursorily · overview

Family

line, lines, lined, lining, liner, liners, lineage, lineages, lineal

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G