"inchmeal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪnt͡ʃ.miːl/
Etymology: From inch + -meal. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inch|meal}} inch + -meal Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} inchmeal (not comparable)
  1. gradually, little by little (an inch at a time) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: inch-meal Translations (little by little): малко по малко (malko po malko) (Bulgarian), ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu) (Russian), дю́йм за дю́ймом (djújm za djújmom) (Russian)
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          "text": "All the infections that the sun sucks up / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him / By inch-meal a disease!",
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