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piecemeal Definition


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piecemeal
adverb
    1. A bit at a time.
      Thesaurus: bit by bit, little by little, partially, by degrees, in dribs and drabs, step by step, intermittently, at intervals, gradually, slowly.
Etymology: 13c as pecemele: from piece + meal1 in obsolete sense ‘a measure'.



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