slowly but surely
idiom
: by making slow but definite progress
—used to stress that something is happening or being done even though it is not happening or being done quickly
We're getting the work done, slowly but surely.
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Your hands will slowly but surely become irresistibly soft.
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Samantha Mims, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
While the restaurant was spared from much of the initial damage, the vast majority of Asheville remains without drinkable water and the water that is coming back slowly but surely needs to be boiled, which means Neng Jr.’s cannot operate for the indefinite future.
—Quispe López, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
One block from the convention center, a large hole in the ground is slowly but surely taking shape as the largest hotel in downtown Indianapolis.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024
Right | Acquired: 2021 draft Travis Adams has progressed slowly but surely through the Twins’ system since being drafted in the sixth round out of Sacramento State in 2021.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Mims, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
While the restaurant was spared from much of the initial damage, the vast majority of Asheville remains without drinkable water and the water that is coming back slowly but surely needs to be boiled, which means Neng Jr.’s cannot operate for the indefinite future.
—Quispe López, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
One block from the convention center, a large hole in the ground is slowly but surely taking shape as the largest hotel in downtown Indianapolis.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024
Right | Acquired: 2021 draft Travis Adams has progressed slowly but surely through the Twins’ system since being drafted in the sixth round out of Sacramento State in 2021.
—Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Slowly but surely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowly%20but%20surely. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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