The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.
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Piecemeal
//ˈpiːs.miːl//
Synonyms for "piecemeal" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Adverb(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (27)
Verb(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (45)
Adjective(3 words)
Adverb(2 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(4 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- едно по едно adv (piece by piece)
- на парче adv (piece by piece)
Dutch
2 entries- met stukjes en beetjes adv (into pieces or parts)
- mondjesmaat adv (piece by piece)
Finnish
4 entries- askelittainen adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- asteittainen adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- paloittainen adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- vähittäinen adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
German
4 entries- bruchstückhaft adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- häppchenweise adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- in kleinen Schritten adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- kleinteilig adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
Icelandic
1 entries- smám saman adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
Italian
1 entries- frammentario adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
Latin
2 entries- carptim adv (piece by piece)
- intercīsē adv (piece by piece)
Māori
2 entries- kōhikohiko adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- tūāporoporo adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
Old English
3 entries- brytmǣlum adv (piece by piece)
- dǣlmǣlum adv (piece by piece)
- styċċemǣlum adv (piece by piece)
Polish
4 entries- fragmentaryczny adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- wyrywkowy adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- na kawałki adv (into pieces or parts)
- po kawałku adv (piece by piece)
Portuguese
3 entries- fragmentada adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- fragmentado adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- aos poucos adv (piece by piece)
Russian
4 entries- постепе́нный adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- поша́говый adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- на куски́ adv (into pieces or parts)
- на ча́сти adv (into pieces or parts)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mean air mhean adv (piece by piece)
Spanish
4 entries- deslavazado adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- fragmentado adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- poco sistemático adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- deslavazadamente adv (piece by piece)
Ukrainian
4 entries- поета́пний adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- покро́ковий adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- фрагмента́рний adj (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time)
- на части́ни adv (into pieces or parts)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
He said that the piecemeal solution of the government will not work.
Source: tatoeba (4977304)
I won't be swayed by your piecemeal offerings.
Source: tatoeba (10803347)
The regulation is piecemeal and unfocused.
Source: tatoeba (12466823)
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