hægt og bítandi

Icelandic

Etymology

From hægt (“slowly”), confer the adjective hægur (“slow”) and og (“and”) and bítandi (“biting, bitingly”) the present participle of bíta (“to bite”).

Adverb

hægt og bítandi

  1. slowly but effectively, by inches, inch by inch
    Þrek hennar dvínar hægt og bítandi.
    Her endurance shall slowly dwindle.

Synonyms
  • hægt og hægt
  • smám saman
  • hægt og sígandi
  • smátt og smátt
  • rólega

See also
  • framvinda
  • fara hægt í sakirnar
  • taka rólega á málum
  • fara ekki geyst
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