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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. [1913 Webster]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, κομματιαστάFrom 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 palaltaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
piecemeal Engelska adv. i styckenFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ تدريجيFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]едно по едно, на парче piece by piece
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]postupný
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ stückweise, stückchenweiseFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Stück für Stück Synonyms: piece by piece, by the piece, by the job
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]wenig systematisch, unsystematisch
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ][often disapproving] stückweise , kleckerweise [ugs.]
piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]askelittainen, asteittainen, paloittainen, vähittäinen Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
piecemeal //ˈpiːs.miːl//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. palanen into pieces or parts 2. asteittain, pala, vähä vähältä piece by piece
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. थोडा-थोडा करके "The companies broken up piecemeal."
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ darabonkéntFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
piecemeal /ˈpɪ:smi:l/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]kawałek po kawałku
piecemeal /pˈiːsmˌiːl/ 1. parça parça, yavaş yavaş 2. parçalardan yapılmış.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈpisˌmiɫ/
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-stepFrom 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