Piecemeal
Piecemeal , adverb
[Old English pecemele; pece a piece + Anglo-Saxon m{not transcribed}lum, dat. plural of m{not transcribed}l part. See Meal a portion.]
1.
In pieces; in parts or fragments.
On which it piecemeal brake.
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.
2.
Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
Piecemeal , adjective
Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
These piecemeal guilts.
Piecemeal , noun
A fragment; a scrap. — R. Vaughan