Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stepmeal

/ˈstɛpˌmil/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: step-meal
IPA: /ˈstɛpˌmil/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

One step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees.

Example Sentences

"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; […]"
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English *stepmele, *stapmele, from Old English stæpmǣlum (“step by step; gradually, by degrees”), equivalent to step + -meal.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *stepmele, stæpmǣlum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɛpˌmil/
British English: /ˈstɛpˌmiːl/

Questions

How do you pronounce stepmeal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɛpˌmil/.
What does stepmeal mean?: One step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees.
Where does stepmeal come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce stepmeal

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