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wordmeal

Syllables: word·meal/ˈwɜːdmiːl//ˈwɜɹdˌmil/

wordmeal adverb: one word at a time; word by word.

Adverb

wordmeal (not comparable)

  1. One word at a time; word by word.
    • Had I time, you space, and either of us patience, I could take this passage wordmeal, and dispute every word of it.1921 June 3 (date written), C[harles] K[enneth] Scott Moncrieff, “Correspondence: John Davidson”, in J[ohn] C[ollings] Squire, editor, The London Mercury, volume IV, number 21, [London]: [Field...

Origin of wordmeal

From word + -meal (suffix denoting an amount, fixed number, or measure at a time).

Questions about wordmeal

What does wordmeal mean?
Wordmeal means one word at a time; word by word.
What part of speech is wordmeal?
Wordmeal is an adverb.
How do you pronounce wordmeal?
Wordmeal is pronounced /ˈwɜːdmiːl/ (UK).

Words near wordmeal in the dictionary

  1. wordmanship
  2. wordmark
  3. wordmarks
  4. wordmaster
  5. wordmasters
  6. wordmeal
  7. wordmen
  8. wordmonger
  9. wordmongering
  10. wordmongerings
  11. wordmongers

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