inch by inch

Fig. one inch at a time; little by little. Traffic moved along inch by inch. Inch by inch, the snail moved across the stone.

Very gradually or slowly.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Balakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Natalio	nah-TAH-lyo	Spanish
Annette	a-NET (French), ə-NET (English)	French, English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
Raffaello	-	Italian
RÁHel	-	Hungarian
Sudheer	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada