PIECEMEAL

piecemeal. Piecemeal, a. single, divided; ad. in or by pieces

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Piece″meal′ (?), adv. [[OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m�lum, dat. pl. of m�l part. See Meal a portion.]] 1. 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. “On which it piecemeal brake.” Chapman.
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. 2. 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.