Piece"meal` (?), adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. mlum, dat. pl. of ml part. See Meal a portion.]
1.
In pieces; in parts or fragments.
"On which it
piecemeal brake."
Chapman.
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.
Tennyson.
2.
Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
Pope.
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Piece"meal`, a.
Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
"These
piecemeal guilts."
Gov. of Tongue.
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Piece"meal`, n.
A fragment; a scrap.
R. Vaughan.
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