What does "piecemeal" mean?
Piecemeal: Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.
Additional senses
- 2.Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.
- 3.A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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