Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piecemeal"
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) 1.7 (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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