punto per punto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “point by point”.

Adverb

punto per punto

  1. point by point; in detail
    Synonyms: in dettaglio, dettagliatamente, minutamente, particolareggiatamente
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Quella sera restammo in riunione nella Sala operativa per un altro paio d'ore, esaminando punto per punto il piano che avevo abbozzato mentalmente...
      We met for another two hours that night in the Situation Room, going point by point through the plan I'd sketched out in my mind...
      (literally, “That evening we stayed in a meeting in the Situation Room for another couple of hours, examining point by point the plan that I had mentally sketched out...”)
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