Usage examples (32)

• The voltage was increased stepwise
• To reach that stage, the informal English is replaced by progressively more detailed sequences of statements, in the process known as stepwise refinement.
• Klitzing discovered in a similar experiment that the Hall resistance does not vary in linear fashion, but "stepwise" with the strength of the magnetic field (see figure 2).
• "stepwise" approach was recommended, rather than a comprehensive tax reform introduced in one package.