footmeal adverb 1noun 1forms 1 adverb1 •(rare) Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops. — 2001 noun1 •(no longer used) A fotmal. formsfootmeals