stepmeal
/ˈstɛpˌmiːl//ˈstɛpˌmil/
stepmeal adverb: one step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees.
Adverb
stepmeal (not comparable)
- One step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees.
- He who would see it with his mind's eye must begin by very little, and then by little and little climb nigher and nigher, and stepmeal, as if he were climbing on a ladder, and would be up on some sea'cliff; […]1852, “A Modern English Version of King Alfred's Blossom-Gatherings from Saint Augustine”, in The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great, volume II, Oxford; Cambridge: […] J. F. Smith and Co. for The...
- One does not need to underline how, stepmeal (SIC), all this imitates Communist practice.
This would be damaging enough. But the new rightist government has gone much further. It has laid strict control on the Greek Orthodox Church.1967 July [1967 May 23], The Christian Science Monitor, “Athens Imitates Communism”, in Balkania, volume I, number 3, United States: Balkania Publishing Company, page 32
Origin of stepmeal
From Middle English *stepmele, *stapmele, from Old English stæpmǣlum (“step by step; gradually, by degrees”), equivalent to step + -meal.
Questions about stepmeal
- What does stepmeal mean?
- Stepmeal means one step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees.
- What part of speech is stepmeal?
- Stepmeal is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce stepmeal?
- Stepmeal is pronounced /ˈstɛpˌmiːl/ (UK).
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