Usually means: Progressing or succeeding very gradually.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word by inches:

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  1. by inches: Merriam-Webster
  2. by inches: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. by inches: Vocabulary.com
  4. by inches: Wordnik
  5. by inches: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. by inches: Wiktionary
  7. By inches, by inches: Dictionary.com
  8. by inches: Rhymezone
  9. by inches: FreeDictionary.org
  10. by inches: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. by inches: TheFreeDictionary.com

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adverb:  by a short distance ("They moved it by inches")

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