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PIECEMEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piecemeal mean?
• PIECEMEAL (adjective)
The adjective PIECEMEAL has 1 sense:
1. one thing at a time
Familiarity information: PIECEMEAL used as an adjective is very rare.
• PIECEMEAL (adverb)
The adverb PIECEMEAL has 1 sense:
1. a little bit at a time
Familiarity information: PIECEMEAL used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One thing at a time
Synonyms:
bit-by-bit; in small stages; piecemeal; step-by-step; stepwise
Similar:
gradual (proceeding in small stages)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A little bit at a time
Synonyms:
bit by bit; in stages; little by little; piecemeal
Context example:
the research structure has developed piecemeal
Context examples
Some of them seized my cake, and carried it piecemeal away; others flew about my head and face, confounding me with the noise, and putting me in the utmost terror of their stings.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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