piecemeal

Etymology
From, from +  (from , dative plural form of , taking the place of 🇨🇬; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
 * 2) * 1953, James Strachey, translation of Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, pg. 224:
 * But the copious and intertwined associative links warrant our accepting the former alternative: cyclamen—favourite flower—favourite food— artichokes; pulling to pieces like an artichoke, leaf by leaf (a phrase constantly ringing in our ears in relation to the piecemeal dismemberment of the Chinese Empire)—herbarium—bookworms, whose favourite food is books.
 * 1) * 1953, James Strachey, translation of Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, pg. 224:
 * But the copious and intertwined associative links warrant our accepting the former alternative: cyclamen—favourite flower—favourite food— artichokes; pulling to pieces like an artichoke, leaf by leaf (a phrase constantly ringing in our ears in relation to the piecemeal dismemberment of the Chinese Empire)—herbarium—bookworms, whose favourite food is books.

Collocations

 * piecemeal fashion
 * piecemeal approach
 * piecemeal basis
 * piecemeal way
 * piecemeal change
 * piecemeal reform
 * piecemeal measure

Translations

 * Finnish: vähittäinen,, askelittainen, paloittainen
 * German:, , , , in kleinen Schritten,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kōhikohiko, tūāporoporo
 * Polish: fragmentaryczny, wyrywkowy
 * Portuguese:, fragmentada
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, poco sistemático
 * Ukrainian: покро́ковий, поета́пний, фрагмента́рний

Adverb

 * 1) Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
 * 2) Into pieces or parts.
 * 1) Into pieces or parts.
 * 1) Into pieces or parts.
 * 1) Into pieces or parts.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:incrementally
 * ; see also Thesaurus:asunder

Translations

 * Bulgarian: едно по едно, на парче
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, vähä vähältä,
 * German:, in Portiönchen, , , Stück für Stück
 * Latin: carptim, intercīsē
 * Old English: dǣlmǣlum, brytmǣlum, styċċemǣlum
 * Polish: po trochu, po kawałku
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: по частя́м,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean
 * Spanish: deslavazadamente,
 * Ukrainian: части́нами, поступо́во


 * Dutch: met stukjes en beetjes
 * Finnish:
 * German: in Einzelteile
 * Polish: na kawałki
 * Russian: на куски́, на ча́сти
 * Ukrainian: на шматки́, на части́ни

Verb

 * 1)  To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:divide or Thesaurus:distribute

Noun

 * 1) A fragment; a scrap.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:piece