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Progress measured in baby steps, because the staircase has no elevator.
means Happening slowly, in small stages over time rather than all at once.
from From Latin gradus, a step or stair — the same root striding through grade, degree, and progress, each one a footfall forward.
Stair logicGradus literally meant a step you climb.
Family treeSibling to grade, degree, and gradient.
Slow but sureImplies steady direction, not just sluggish speed.