piecemeal

adverb

By a small amount at a time; in stages.

adverb

In pieces; apart.

adjective

Accomplished 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.

noun

A fragment; a scrap.

adjective

Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.

adverb

In pieces; in parts or fragments.

adverb

Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.