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(), 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. Piece"meal° a.Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue. Piece"meal° n.A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan. スポンサード リンク
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