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
Micaela	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Fred	FRED (English, French, Portuguese), FRET (Dutch, German)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
Mcmahon	[mek'ma:ən]
August	['ɔ:gəst]
Dorotheos	-	Greek, Late Greek
Bradley	BRAD-lee	English