день ото дня

• ДЕНЬ ОТО ДНЯ{{}}

[Invar; adv; used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ gradually, little by little:

- with every (each) passing day;

- from one day to the next;

- from day to day;

- day by day;

- with each new day;

- [in limited contexts;

- usu. with compar form of Adj used as subj-compl] every day.

     ♦ Насторожённость [Лилит] таяла день ото дня (Обухова 1). Her [Lilith's] wariness melted away from one day to the next (1a).

     ♦ "...Жизнь моя становится пустее день ото дня..."(Лермонтов 1). "...My life becomes more empty day by day..." (1a)...My life gets emptier every day" (lc).