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Piecemealed
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Piecemeal
Piece"meal` (?), adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. mlum, dat. pl. of ml 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.
Piece"meal`, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts."Gov. of Tongue.
Piece"meal`, n. A fragment; a scrap.R. Vaughan.
The adjective Piecemeal has 1 senses
1. bit-by-bit,in_small_stages,piecemeal,step-by-step,stepwise -- one thing at a time
The adverb Piecemeal has 1 senses
1. piecemeal,little_by_little,bit_by_bit 1 in_stages -- a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal"
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