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inchmeal

[inch-meel]
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adverb
  1. by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
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Origin of inchmeal

First recorded in 1520–30; inch1 + -meal
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British Dictionary definitions for inchmeal

inchmeal

adverb
  1. gradually; inch by inch or little by little
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Word Origin

C16: from inch 1 + -mele, from Old English mælum quantity taken at one time; compare piecemeal
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