inchmeal

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inchmeal

/ˈɪnt͡ʃ.miːl/

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From inch + -meal.

adverb inch-meal

idiomatic, not comparable Gradually, little by little (an inch at a time). All the infections that the sun sucks up / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him / By inch-meal a disease!

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adv little by little

Русский	ма́ло-пома́лу málo-pomálu, дю́йм за дю́ймом djújm za djújmom

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@misc{inchmeal_2026,
  title = {inchmeal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inchmeal},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}