incremental
adj.adj. happening in small, steady steps over a long time rather than all at once. You use this to describe progress or changes that build up slowly.
adj. occurring or becoming larger by a series of small, gradual stages. Often used to describe processes where each step adds to the previous one.
The company makes incremental improvements to the software every month.
Instead of a total redesign, the team decided on an incremental approach to update the website over several months.
The scientist argued that the breakthrough was not a sudden discovery but the result of incremental advancements made by researchers over several decades.
From increment + -al.
Typically used attributively before a noun. Frequently collocates with 'change', 'progress', 'improvement', or 'increase'.