inchmealadv.n.

/ˈɪnʃmiːl/

Etymology: < inch n.¹ + -meal suffix, Middle English -mele, Old English -mælum.

a. By inches; inch by inch; by small portions, little by little.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages

litlumc1000

stoundmealc1000

littlemeala1382

soakinglyc1386

inchmeal1548

gradately1599

gradually1646

gradatively1818

gradationally1864

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Vuciatim, ynche by ynche, ynche meale.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2269/1 Thou shalt bee racked inchmeale.

1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxxi. 63 Some dyed Inch-mele, some were Famished, some Starued.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §108 286 As Towns are taken Inch-meal.

1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin iv. iii I would indeed starve inchmeal, rather than he should marry her!

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage III. xxviii. 124 People..will stand to be cut to pieces inch-meal, rather than to submit to a conqueror.

b. Also with by (giving the force of the lost inflection).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > gradually or in stages

footmealeOE

(a, by) lite and litec1290

a little and a littlea1375

little and littlea1387

(by) some and some1398

by little and by littlea1425

little by little?a1425

littly?a1425

inchmeal1530

by small and small1558

by (a) little1577

gradatim1583

by lithe and lithe1592

by inchesa1616

inch by incha1616

to go slow1664

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 833/1 By ynche meale, menuement, or par poulcées.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Liij^v They take upon theim to measure the sonne..as it were by ynche~meale.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 3 All the infections that the Sunne suckes vp From Bogs, Fens, Flats, on Prosper fall, and make him By ynch-meale a disease.

a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Wks. (1701) II. 72 To lengthen our miserable Lives a few Hours, to die as it were by Inch-meal.

1893 National Observer 18 Feb. 329/1 The ground must be fought by inch~meal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	inchmeal
释义	inchmealadv.n. /ˈɪnʃmiːl/ Etymology: < inch n.¹ + -meal suffix, Middle English -mele, Old English -mælum. a. By inches; inch by inch; by small portions, little by little. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages litlumc1000 stoundmealc1000 littlemeala1382 soakinglyc1386 inchmeal1548 gradately1599 gradually1646 gradatively1818 gradationally1864 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Vuciatim, ynche by ynche, ynche meale. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2269/1 Thou shalt bee racked inchmeale. 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxxi. 63 Some dyed Inch-mele, some were Famished, some Starued. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §108 286 As Towns are taken Inch-meal. 1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin iv. iii I would indeed starve inchmeal, rather than he should marry her! 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage III. xxviii. 124 People..will stand to be cut to pieces inch-meal, rather than to submit to a conqueror. b. Also with by (giving the force of the lost inflection). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > gradually or in stages footmealeOE (a, by) lite and litec1290 a little and a littlea1375 little and littlea1387 (by) some and some1398 by little and by littlea1425 little by little?a1425 littly?a1425 inchmeal1530 by small and small1558 by (a) little1577 gradatim1583 by lithe and lithe1592 by inchesa1616 inch by incha1616 to go slow1664 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 833/1 By ynche meale, menuement, or par poulcées. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Liij^v They take upon theim to measure the sonne..as it were by ynche~meale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 3 All the infections that the Sunne suckes vp From Bogs, Fens, Flats, on Prosper fall, and make him By ynch-meale a disease. View more context for this quotation a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Wks. (1701) II. 72 To lengthen our miserable Lives a few Hours, to die as it were by Inch-meal. 1893 National Observer 18 Feb. 329/1 The ground must be fought by inch~meal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adv.n.1530
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