adv. Obs. In 4 -mele, -melome. [f. LITTLE sb. + -MEAL.] Little by little.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. xxxiii. 14. Y shal folwe litil mele the steppis of hym. Ibid., Deut. vii. 22. He shal waste thes naciouns in thi siȝt, litilmele [1388 litil and litil] and bi partees. Ibid., Judg. xx. 33. The busshementis … litil melome hem seluen bigunnen to opne.
