Adjective piecemeal has 1 sense
  1. bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise - one thing at a time
    Antonym: sudden (indirect, via gradual)
,Adverbial piecemeal has 1 sense
  1. piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, in stages - a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal"
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