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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, a.
     Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. ``These
     piecemeal guilts.'' --Gov. of Tongue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n.
     A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS.
     m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See Meal a portion.]
     1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. ``On which it piecemeal
        brake.'' --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.  --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS.
     m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See Meal a portion.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, a.
     Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. ``These
     piecemeal guilts.'' --Gov. of Tongue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n.
     A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  piecemeal
       adj : one thing at a time [syn: bit-by-bit, in small stages, step-by-step,
              stepwise]
       adv : a little bit at a time; "the research structure has
             developed piecemeal" [syn: little by little, bit by
             bit, in stages]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 τμηματικός, κομματιαστός
     2 (ετ μειωτ en), (συνηθ: en) ασυνεκτικός
     Αγγλικά adv.
     τμηματικά, κομματιαστά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     a.
     Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
     adv.
     piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
     n.
     A fragment; a scrap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     a.
     Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
     adv.
     piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
     n.
     A fragment; a scrap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     a.
     Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
     adv.
     piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
     n.
     A fragment; a scrap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     a.
     Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
     adv.
     piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
     n.
     A fragment; a scrap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     Englanti a.
     vähittäinen, asteittainen, askelittainen
     Englanti adv.
     vähitellen, vähä vähältä, pala palalta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  piecemeal
     Engelska adv.
     i stycken

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/
  تدريجي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl// 
  едно по едно, на парче
  piece by piece

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ 
  postupný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/
  stückweise, stückchenweise , Stück für Stück
     Synonyms: piece by piece, by the piece, by the job
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ 
  wenig systematisch, unsystematisch 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ 
   [often disapproving] stückweise , kleckerweise  [ugs.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl// 
  askelittainen, asteittainen, paloittainen, vähittäinen
  Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl// 
  1. palanen
  into pieces or parts
  2. asteittain, pala, vähä vähältä
  piece by piece

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ 
  1. थोडा-थोडा करके
        "The companies broken up piecemeal."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/
  darabonként

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  piecemeal /ˈpɪ:smi:l/ 
    kawałek po kawałku

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/
  1. parça parça, yavaş yavaş
  2. parçalardan yapılmış.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpisˌmiɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "piecemeal":
     adrift, apart, apart from, aside from, asunder, away from,
     bit by bit, by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by snatches,
     disjointed, drop by drop, fitfully, foot by foot, fragmentary,
     gradual, gradually, in detail, in driblets, in installments,
     in lots, in small doses, in snatches, in the abstract, in twain,
     in two, inch by inch, inchmeal, intermittently, little by little,
     one by one, part by part, piece by piece, separately, severally,
     slowly, sporadic, sporadically, step-by-step
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 一件一件,一片一片;
  a. 一片一片的,逐渐的;
  n. 断片;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ad. 一件一件,一片
     a. 一片一片的,逐渐的
     n. 断片

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