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piecemeal
English
Etymology
From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English m?lum (“at a time”), dative plural form of m?l (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English sty??em?lum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece +? -meal.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?pi?s.mi?l/
Adjective
piecemeal (not comparable)
- Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
- 1947 - George Marshall, The Marshall Plan Speech
- Such assistance, I am convinced, must not be on a piecemeal basis, as various crises develop.
- 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.
- 1947 - George Marshall, The Marshall Plan Speech
Usage notes
Nouns to which “piecemeal” is often applied: fashion, approach, basis, way, change, reform, measure.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:piecemeal.
Synonyms
- stepwise; see also Thesaurus:gradual
Derived terms
- piecemeal approach
Translations
Adverb
piecemeal (not comparable)
- Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
- 1914 - Saki, The Forbidden Buzzards
- It’s as bad as selling a man a horse with half a dozen latent vices and watching him discover them piecemeal in the course of the hunting season.
- 1914 - Saki, The Forbidden Buzzards
- Into pieces or parts.
- 1888 - The Whitehall Murder, Daily Telegraph (London), October 03
- A few years ago also there was the case of Kate Webster, who at Richmond murdered her mistress, and, fiend-like, cut the body up piecemeal, and tried to dispose of it in various ways by small portions.
- 1888 - The Whitehall Murder, Daily Telegraph (London), October 03
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:piecemeal.
Synonyms
- (piece by piece): little by little, bit by bit; see also Thesaurus:incrementally
- (into pieces or parts): apart; see also Thesaurus:asunder
Translations
Verb
piecemeal (third-person singular simple present piecemeals, present participle piecemealing, simple past and past participle piecemealed)
- (transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.
Synonyms
- apportion, mete out, parcel out; see also Thesaurus:divide or Thesaurus:distribute
Derived terms
- piecemealing
Noun
piecemeal (plural piecemeals)
- A fragment; a scrap.
- a. 1695, Henry Vaughan, Ode
- Thus the world Is all to piecemeals cut
- a. 1695, Henry Vaughan, Ode
Synonyms
- bit, lump, portion; see also Thesaurus:piece
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stepwise
English
Etymology
From step +? -wise.
Adjective
stepwise (not comparable)
- One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
- 2003, Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site […] (page 48)
- The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.
- 2003, Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site […] (page 48)
Translations
Adverb
stepwise (comparative more stepwise, superlative most stepwise)
- One step or stage at a time; step by step
Synonyms
- in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially or Thesaurus:incrementally
Translations
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