Slowly but surely adverb phrase
Adjective form: slow but sure.
If you do something/ something happens slowly but surely, you do it/ it happens slowly over a period, but finally getting definite results.
Thanks to effective measures, we are taking control of the epidemic slowly but surely.
I'm running slowly but surely. At this pace I can finish the race and won't be worn-out.
I'm not a fast learner, but I learn everything slowly but surely. Once I get the matters, I can remember them for a very long time.
This phrase refers to the tortoise's progress in Aesop's fable "The Hare and the Tortoise."
This phrase is used to describe something very modern or updated or something that no longer looks like what it's used to.
It has been a long time since I left my high school, and now I have to admit that it's certainly not your father's high school anymore.