Piecemeal
['piːsmiːl] or ['pismil]
Definition
(adv.) a little bit at a time; 'the research structure has developed piecemeal'.
Editor: Martin--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In pieces; in parts or fragments.
(adv.) Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
(a.) Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
(n.) A fragment; a scrap.
Inputed by Hodge
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. In pieces, by fragments, part by part.
Editor: Will
Examples
- The work was a piecemeal, a retail, business. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It can only be accomplished piecemeal, a step at a time. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It has to be broken up into portions, as it were, and assimilated piecemeal, in a gradual and graded way. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For in them the greatest of the piecemeal reformers admitted the practical weakness of opportunist politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Will