inch|meal

inch|meal
inch|meal «IHNCH MEEL», adverb, adjective, noun.
–adv.
little by little; slowly: »

He saved up his money inchmeal.

–adj.
very slow: »

After an inchmeal start he made rapid progress at school.

–n.
by inchmeal, little by little; slowly: »

To lengthen our miserable lives a few hours, to die, as it were, by inchmeal (John Flavel).

[< inch1 + -meal, as in piecemeal]

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