Related Words for by inches

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WordSyllablesCategories
little by little
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Phrase, Adverb
inching
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Verb
by degrees
/x/
Phrase
millimeters
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Noun
increments
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Noun
imperceptibly
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Adverb
slowly
/x
Adverb
millimetre
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Noun
minutely
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Adverb
centimetre
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Noun
centimeters
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Noun
narrowly
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Adverb
fractionally
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Adverb
microscopically
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Adverb
infinitesimal
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Adjective
microns
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Noun
creeping
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Verb
miniscule
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Adjective
creep up
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Phrase, Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun
slippage
/x
Noun
minuscule
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Adjective
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
in sight
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Phrase, Adjective
within reach
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Phrase
meters
/x
Noun
indirectly
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Adverb
progressively
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Adverb
the way
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Phrase, Adverb
steadily
/xx
Adverb
invisibly
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Adverb
marginally
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Adverb
trailing
/x
Verb
edging
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Noun
insensibly
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Adverb
budged
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Verb
nanometers
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Noun
subtleties
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Noun
closely
/x
Adverb
tiniest
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Adjective
milliseconds
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Noun
progress
/x
Noun
insidiously
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Adverb
painstakingly
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Adverb
softly
/x
Adverb
gradualism
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Noun
iteratively
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Adverb
silently
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Adverb
horizontally
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Adverb
gingerly
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Adverb
delicately
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Adverb
inwards
/x
Noun
stealthily
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Adverb
distance
/x
Noun
intimately
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Adverb
smallness
/x
Noun
encroaching
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Noun
nearing
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Verb
rounded off
/x/
Phrase
quietly
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Adverb
approaching
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Verb
approximate
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Adjective, Verb
bushels
/x
Noun
caliber
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Noun
curve
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
difference
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Noun, Verb
dimensionless
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Adjective
fifths
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Noun
fingers
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Noun
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
height
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Noun
indicate
/xx
Verb
interval
/xx
Noun
kilometers
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Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
miles
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Noun, Adverb
minimum
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Noun, Adjective
ounces
/x
Noun
pdas
x
Name
percent
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Noun, Adverb
pounds
/
Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
screws
/
Noun
shoulders
/x
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
thumbs
/
Noun
tons
/
Noun
twice
/
Adverb
yards
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Noun