The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inchmeal
Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, adv. Little by little; gradually.
Inchmeal
Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, n. [See Meal a part, and cf. Piecemeal.] A piece an inch long.
By inchmeal, by small degrees; by inches.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
inchmeal
adv. gradually, little by little (an inch at a time) alt. gradually, little by little (an inch at a time)
Usage examples of "inchmeal".
Again there came the massed groans of a multitude, and haltingly, falteringly, by inchmeal the corpse dragged itself upward, desiccated flesh and cartilage and sinew and bone crumbling with the effort.
In the dark agony of their live corruption, they tossed feebly to and fro, and crawled inchmeal on the chill mosaic.