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Piecemeal
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
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.