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English Dictionary: piecemeal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for piecemeal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piecemeal adv a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal" Synonym(s): piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, in stages adj one thing at a time [syn: bit-by-bit, {in small stages}, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise]
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. [bd]On which it piecemeal brake.[b8] --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. [bd]These piecemeal guilts.[b8] --Gov. of Tongue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n. A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan.