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
Narendra	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu
Lhamo	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
TheÓDÓRa	-	Icelandic
Arcadia	ahr-KAY-dee-ə (English)	Various
Lyudmil	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Alexandrina	[.æligza:n'dri:nə]