Defn: Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
PIECELY
Piece"ly, adv.
Defn: In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]
PIECEMEAL Piece"meal`, adv. Etym: [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m, dat. pl. of m 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.
PIECEMEAL
Piece"meal`, a.
Defn: Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.
PIECEMEAL
Piece"meal`, n.
Defn: A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.