inchingly

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adverb

An inch at a time; very slowly and gradually.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverbinchingly (comparative more inchingly, superlative most inchingly)

comparative more inchingly · superlative most inchingly

  1. An inch at a time; very slowly and gradually.

    […]a new, more active world, dominated by animals that move around, even if as inchingly as snails, urchins and crabs.

    2010, Nick Lane, Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, page 146
    1 more example

    When the new driveway was completed and cars and trucks could crawl inchingly over it, I lost my patience with moon-science.

    1995, Henry Giles, Janice Holt Giles, A little better than plumb: the biography of a house, page 141

Origin

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APA

inchingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inchingly

MLA

“inchingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inchingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inchingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inchingly.

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