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Definition of inchmeal in English: inchmealadverb ˈɪntʃmiːlˈɪn(t)ʃmil By inches; little by little. 缓慢地，渐渐地，一点一点地 inchmeal, he advanced up the slope Example sentencesExamples - Not like a lion, not like a lamb, more like a slug: winter is arriving inchmeal in the New York City region.
- Trench warfare in Pennsylvania cities is therefore inchmeal, and the results hard to measure.
- But in the 1,300 years since the sword of the Prophet first flashed in the hot desert sun of Arabia, most advances in the freedom of Moslem women have been painful and inchmeal.
- Like the movement of plates, erosion is a leisurely phenomenon that proceeds inchmeal.
- The warm water moves inchmeal to the east; the coast of America gets slowly but surely a thicker layer of warm water.
Synonyms slowly, moderately, unhurriedly, cautiously, gently, gingerly, circumspectly, unspectacularly
OriginMid 16th century: from inch1 + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense 'measure, quantity taken at one time'. Definition of inchmeal in US English: inchmealadverbˈɪn(t)ʃmilˈin(t)SHmēl By inches; little by little. 缓慢地，渐渐地，一点一点地 inchmeal, he advanced up the slope Example sentencesExamples - Not like a lion, not like a lamb, more like a slug: winter is arriving inchmeal in the New York City region.
- Like the movement of plates, erosion is a leisurely phenomenon that proceeds inchmeal.
- Trench warfare in Pennsylvania cities is therefore inchmeal, and the results hard to measure.
- The warm water moves inchmeal to the east; the coast of America gets slowly but surely a thicker layer of warm water.
- But in the 1,300 years since the sword of the Prophet first flashed in the hot desert sun of Arabia, most advances in the freedom of Moslem women have been painful and inchmeal.
Synonyms slowly, moderately, unhurriedly, cautiously, gently, gingerly, circumspectly, unspectacularly
OriginMid 16th century: from inch + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense ‘measure, quantity taken at one time’. |