item by item's Usage Examples:

hypochondriac, going through the bill from his apothecary (the pharmacist) item by item.

misinformed in several particulars, which White then specified "in detail, item by item".

The surviving manuscripts list the possessions of Henry VIII item by item, by their location in houses.

is run, this software compares the contents of the hard disk drive, item by item, against the list, looking for any matches.

"A portrait, person by person, item by item, of a society wiped out".

advertisement complained that the amendments "should have been separated, item by item and placed individually on the ballot; they weren"t".

A modern inventory might involve examining item by item with a barcode scanner and a laptop, with the objective of adjusting.

Synonyms:

case-by-case, independent, individual,

Antonyms:

dependent, unfree, joint, nonworker,