Piecemeal

Word PIECEMEAL
Character 9
Hyphenation piece meal
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Piecemeal"

What do we mean by piecemeal?

By a small amount at a time; in stages. adverb

In pieces; apart. adverb

Accomplished or made in stages. adjective

By pieces; bit by bit; little by little; gradually: often pleonastically by piecemeal.

In pieces; in or into bits or fragments.

Fragmentary; disconnected.

A fragment; a scrap. noun

Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. adjective

In pieces; in parts or fragments. adverb

Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. adverb

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time. adjective

Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees. adverb

Into pieces or parts. adverb

To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember. verb

A fragment; a scrap. noun

A little bit at a time adverb

One thing at a time adjective

A fragment; a scrap.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Piecemeal

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The word "piecemeal" in example sentences

GH: In your new book Makeshift Metropolis, you state that architects should resist the urge to plan grand utopias and should instead embrace smaller interventions that fit more naturally into what you call piecemeal urbanism. ❋ Guy Horton (2010)

"St Ewold's isn't the best house in the world," said the major, "because it is old, and what I call piecemeal; but it is very pretty, and certainly nice." ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

Solutions attempted in piecemeal fashion, as we've seen thus far, would amount to constantly putting out recurring fires. ❋ Meredith Whitney (2010)

This counter-initiative should also aim to influence electoral politics because Democrats, who are dependent on corporate coffers, have only been able to win piecemeal social justice victories. ❋ Noura Erakat (2010)

Also being read in piecemeal fashion is The Comics Journal 6: The Writers (edited by the erstwhile Tom Spurgeon), for which a more accurate title might have been "Gary Groth Browbeats Bewildered Comics Writers." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other signature promises may be addressed in piecemeal fashion in the opening weeks of the Obama administration but then put on a long track toward more comprehensive resolutions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The distinctions and relationships between Pashtun tribal and ethnic identities, and between Pashtun tribalism and ethnicity, generally have been treated in piecemeal fashion and are yet to be fully dissected and analyzed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Unlike rail projects, bus improvements can be feasibly undertaken in piecemeal ways rather than in quantum leaps. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To come across poems piecemeal is temporarily satisfying, but to hold an entire book is a relationship commitment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At least, with a bevy of smaller authorities, controlled by Liberals bent on social engineering rather than efficiency, we can attempt to effect things locally, and we have the chance to reform their efficacy in piecemeal - precisely because their power remains distributed rather than concentrated. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even though scholars have acknowledged, in piecemeal, the melancholy in his early life, there is a sense in other biographies that he must have left that behind. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Away from me, apt son of a tyrant, lest I tear you in piecemeal! ❋ Unknown (1875)

Ewold’s isn’t the best house in the world,’ said the major, ‘because it is old, and what I call piecemeal; but it is very pretty, and certainly nice.’ ❋ Unknown (2004)

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