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Asturian
Adverb
a poco a poco
- (idiomatic) little by little (a small amount at a time)
Italian
Pronunciation
Adverb
a poco a poco
- little by little, by degrees
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:tal mi fece la bestia sanza pace,
che, venendomi ’ncontro, a poco a poco
mi ripigneva là dove ’l sol tace.- E'en such made me that beast withouten peace, which, coming on against me by degrees, thrust me back thither where the sun is silent.