slowly but surely

At a slow or incremental pace but making steady, dependable progress. I've been writing my thesis slowly but surely—it will probably take me all year to finish it, but it's getting there! A: "Hey, how's the new novel coming along?" B: "Ah, slowly but surely!"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yianni	-	Greek
Osborne	['ɔzbən]
Cirino	chee-REE-no (Italian), thee-REE-no (Spanish), see-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Gore	GAWR	English (Rare)
Almas	-	Arabic
WarcisŁAw	-	Polish (Archaic)