piecemeal
IPA: pˈismiɫ
noun
- A fragment; a scrap.
verb
- (transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.
adjective
- Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
adverb
- Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
- Into pieces or parts.
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Examples of "piecemeal" in Sentences
- The outcome is obviously piecemeal.
- Piecemeal isn't the way to do this.
- I am improving the article piecemeal.
- The motte was removed piecemeal from 1823.
- The piecemeal film is only ten minutes long.
- Enclosure was piecemeal and prompted by the abbey.
- The property was sold piecemeal to multiple buyers in 2004.
- The present landscape shows the piecemeal nature of the mining.
- The idea of closing this and doing this piecemeal is ridiculous.
- This being torn piecemeal, and the body now consigned to the flames.
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