piecemeal
adverbBy a small amount at a time; in stages.
adverbIn pieces; apart.
adjectiveAccomplished or made in stages.
By pieces; bit by bit; little by little; gradually: often pleonastically by piecemeal.
In pieces; in or into bits or fragments.
Fragmentary; disconnected.
nounA fragment; a scrap.
adjectiveMade up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
adverbIn pieces; in parts or fragments.
adverbPiece by piece; by little and little in succession.