Slowly, minute by minute? (6,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
little by little
'slowly minute by minute?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.
'slowly minute by minute?' is the wordplay.
'slowly minute' becomes 'little' ('little' can be similar in meaning to 'minute'. I am not sure about the 'slowly' bit.**).
'minute?' becomes 'little' ('little' can be similar in meaning to 'minute').
'little'+'by'+'little'='LITTLE BY LITTLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for little by little that I've seen before include "Autobiography of chicken" , "I'm making you wait" , "It's appearing in instalments" .)