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inchmeal
CIDE DICTIONARY
A piece an inch long. [1913 Webster]
inchmeal, adv.
Little by little; gradually. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
inchmeal
bit by bit, by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by slow degrees, by snatches, degreewise, drop by drop, foot by foot, gradatim, grade by grade, gradually, in detail, in driblets, in installments, in lots, in small doses, in snatches, inch by inch, little by little, part by part, piece by piece, piecemeal, slowly, step by stepFor further exploring for "inchmeal" in Webster Dictionary Online