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piecemeal |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piecemeal \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. ``These piecemeal guilts.'' --Gov. of Tongue. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n. A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: piecemeal adj : one thing at a time [syn: {bit-by-bit}, {in small stages}, {step-by-step}, {stepwise}] adv : a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal" [syn: {little by little}, {bit by bit}, {in stages}]
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