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inchmeal

ADV ทีละเล็กละน้อย  ทีละน้อย  gradually te-la-lek-la-noi

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCHMEAL

Inch "meal `, n. Etym: [See Meal a part, and cf. Piecemeal. ]

 

Defn: A piece an inch long. By inchmeal, by small degrees; by inches. Shak.

 

INCHMEAL

INCHMEAL Inch "meal `, adv.

 

Defn: Little by little; gradually.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inchmeal

inch meal |ˈinCHˌmēl ˈɪntʃˌmil | ▶adverb by inches; little by little: inchmeal he advanced up the slope. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from inch 1 + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense ‘measure, quantity taken at one time. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

inchmeal

inch |meal |ˈɪntʃmiːl | ▶adverb by inches; little by little. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from inch 1 + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense ‘measure, quantity taken at one time ’.