uncĭātim, adv. [uncia], by twelfths, by ounces. *
I Lit.: (axungia) datur et phthisicis unciatim, cum vini veteris hemina decocta, donec tres unciae e toto restent, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139.—*
II Transf., by a little at a time , little by little : quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo ... comparsit miser, Ter. Phorm. 43.