About The Word Piecemeal
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Piecemeal
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What's The Definition Of Piecemeal?
[adv] a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal"
[adj] one thing at a time Synonyms | Synonyms for Piecemeal: bit by bit | bit-by-bit | gradual | in small stages | in stages | little by little | step-by-step | stepwise Related Terms | Find terms related to Piecemeal: adrift | apart | apart from | aside from | asunder | away from | bit by bit | by degrees | by inches | by inchmeal | by snatches | disjointed | drop by drop | fitfully | foot by foot | fragmentary | gradual | gradually | in detail | in driblets | in installments | in lots | in small doses | in snatches | in the abstract | in twain | in two | inch by inch | inchmeal | intermittently | little by little | one by one | part by part | piece by piece | separately | severally | slowly | sporadic | sporadically | step-by-step See Also | Piecemeal In Webster's Dictionary \Piece"meal`\, adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS.
m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See {Meal} a portion.]
1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. ``On which it piecemeal
brake.'' --Chapman.
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. --Tennyson.
2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
--Pope.
\Piece"meal`\, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. ``These piecemeal guilts.'' --Gov. of Tongue. \Piece"meal`\, n. A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan. |
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