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step-wise

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step⋅wise

[step-wahyz]
–adverb
1. in a steplike arrangement.
2. Music. from one adjacent tone to another: The melody ascends stepwise.
–adjective
3. Music. moving from one adjacent tone to another: stepwise melodic progression.

Origin:
1885–90; step + -wise
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