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
Waite	[weit]
Nora	NAWR-ə (English), NO-rah (German)	Irish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Italian
Myrtle	['mə:tl]
Olujimi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Deneb	-	Astronomy
Dyson	DIE-sən	English (Rare)