piecemeal English

Meaning piecemeal meaning

What does piecemeal mean?

Definitions in simple English

piecemeal Adjective

— Made or done piece by piece, or occurring slowly.

piecemeal Adverb

— Gradually, slowly, bit by bit; into pieces, into fragments.

piecemeal

— adverb a little bit at a time the research structure has developed piecemeal

— adjective (= bit-by-bit) one thing at a time

Synonyms piecemeal synonyms

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piecemeal English » English

little by little

gradually

bit by bit

piece by piece

stepwise

step-by-step

in small stages

fragmentary

bit-by-bit

step by step

in stages

gradual

various

trivial

trifling

smash

small and varied

shatteringly

shatter

scrappy

retail

pointwise

point-to-point

partial

parcelwise

inchmeal

in pieces

in parts

gently

gentle

fragmented

foot by foot

crush

bit

at a time

apart

Topics piecemeal topics

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Grammar Very

Partly

• What words indicate that something is done one part at a time?
  gradually in stages step by step one step at a time in increments incrementally piecemeal by degrees little by little