Inchmeal
/ˈɪnt͡ʃ.miːl/ adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Gradually, little by little (an inch at a time). idiomatic, not-comparable
"All the infections that the sun sucks up / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him / By inch-meal a disease!"
Example
More examples"All the infections that the sun sucks up / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him / By inch-meal a disease!"
Etymology
From inch + -meal.