stepmeal

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɛpˌmiːl/    美 /ˈstɛpˌmil/|[ˈstɛpˌmiəɫ]

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. One step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees. not-comparable,uncommon
    — 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; […]

词源

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