Piecemeal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. By a small amount at a time; in stages: articles acquired piecemeal.
  • ad. In pieces; apart.
  • adj. Accomplished or made in stages.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
  • ad. Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
  • ad. Into pieces or parts.
  • v. To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.
  • n. A fragment; a scrap.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. In pieces; in parts or fragments.
  • ad. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
  • adj. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
  • n. A fragment; a scrap.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • By pieces; bit by bit; little by little; gradually: often pleonastically by piecemeal.
  • In pieces; in or into bits or fragments.
  • Fragmentary; disconnected.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. a little bit at a time
  • adj. one thing at a time
  • Equivalent
    gradual   
    Cross Reference
    gradual    incremental   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    single    separate    fragment    scrap    limbmeal