hægt og bítandi
Icelandic
Etymology
From hægt (“slowly”), confer the adjective hægur (“slow”) and og (“and”) and bítandi (“biting, bitingly”) the present participle of bíta (“to bite”).
Adverb
- slowly but effectively, by inches, inch by inch
- Þrek hennar dvínar hægt og bítandi.
- Her endurance shall slowly dwindle.
- Þrek hennar dvínar hægt og bítandi.