Footmeal
adv, noun
adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fotmal. obsolete
Adverb
- 1 Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time. not-comparable, rare
"Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops."
Example
More examples"Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops."
Etymology
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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