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footmeal.

Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv
  1. Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

noun
  1. A fotmal.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

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