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Definition of Piecemeal
1. Adverb. A little bit at a time. "The research structure has developed piecemeal"
2. Adjective. One thing at a time.
Definition of Piecemeal
1. adv. In pieces; in parts or fragments.
2. a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
3. n. A fragment; a scrap.
Definition of Piecemeal
1. Adjective. Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time. ¹
2. Adverb. Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees. ¹
3. Adverb. Into pieces or parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piecemeal
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piecemeal
Literary usage of Piecemeal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1914)
"It must be confessed that this addition for piecemeal construction has logical
difficulties which, however, need not be discussed for the reason that the ..."
2. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"Treatment of piecemeal construction by Wisconsin Railroad Commission. 361.
Oklahoma Supreme Court denies allowance for piecemeal construction. 362. ..."
3. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"most public service plants, the question of piecemeal or wholesale construction
does not enter as an important consideration, for the reason that it is ..."
4. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"most public service plants, the question of piecemeal or wholesale construction
does not enter as an important consideration, for the reason that it is ..."
5. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1914)
"Railway and Canal Commission of Great Britain—piecemeal construction and separate
establishment. § 1250. New York Commission, Second District. Fuhrmann v. ..."
6. Fair Value: The Meaning and Application of the Term "fair Valuation" as Used by Harleigh Holroyd Hartman (1920)
"piecemeal Construction A public-utility plant which has been constructed ...
It is contended that such piecemeal construction is more costly than it would ..."
7. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1877)
"... attributed that the idea of selfishly reserving to himself piecemeal. the means
of personal distinction was altogether absent from his mind. ..."
8. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... by pairs between the infantry battalions, and their fire so galled the
highlanders as to provoke them to charge, piecemeal without waiting for orders. ..."
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