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letter by letter

letter by letter adjective: taking each letter in turn.

Adjective

letter by letter

  1. Taking each letter in turn.
  2. Of a technique, sorting that orders entries based on each character in a heading regardless of spaces or punctuation.

Forms of letter by letter

alternative formletter-by-letter

Questions about letter by letter

What does letter by letter mean?
Letter by letter means taking each letter in turn.
What part of speech is letter by letter?
Letter by letter is an adjective.

Words near letter by letter in the dictionary

  1. letter bombs
  2. letter bond
  3. letter bonds
  4. letter box
  5. letter boxes
  6. letter by letter
  7. letter card
  8. letter cards
  9. letter carrier
  10. letter carriers
  11. letter case

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