1. relating to or denoting an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale
2. occurring in small stages over a period of time rather than all at once

Examples

• The company made incremental improvements to its software over several months.
• She saved money through incremental deposits into her account.
• The incremental cost of adding another feature was minimal.
• Progress was slow but incremental throughout the project.
• The incremental changes in temperature were barely noticeable.
• They adopted an incremental approach to reforming the system.