'Piecemeal' definitions:
Definition of 'piecemeal'
(from WordNet)
adverb
A little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal" [syn: piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, in stages]
adjective
Definition of 'Piecemeal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. [1913 Webster]
- Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Piecemeal'
From: GCIDE
- Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." --Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Piecemeal'
From: GCIDE
- Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n. A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'piecemeal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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