9 Letter Words for Piecemeal
piecemeal
7 Letter Words for Piecemeal
calipee, emplace, epicele
6 Letter Words for Piecemeal
almice, apiece, cample, empale, epacme, epical, impale, lampic, limace, maleic, malice, mealie, palmic, palmie, piacle, plaice, plicae
5 Letter Words for Piecemeal
alice, amice, ample, calpe, camel, campi, capel, caple, ceile, claim, clame, clamp, clape, cleam, cleep, clepe, clima, clime, clipe, elaic, elamp, eleme, elemi, elpee, email, emcee, emile, ileac, impel, limpa, macle, maile, malee, malic, malie, maple, meece, meile, melee, melia, melic, milpa, peace, peece, peele, pelma, pical, picea, piece, pilea, place, plica
4 Letter Words for Piecemeal
acle, acme, aiel, aile, alce, alec, alee, alem, alep, alme, amel, amic, amie, amil, amli, calm, calp, came, cami, camp, cape, capi, ceil, cele, cepa, cepe, ciel, cima, clam, clap, clee, clem, clep, clip, eale, eila, elec, elem, emic, epee, epic, epil, ieee, ilea, lace, laic, lame, lamp, leam, leap, leep, leme, lepa, lice, lima, lime, limp, lipa, lipe, mace, mail, male, mali, meal, mela, mele, miae, mica, mice, mila, mile, pace, pail, pale, pali, palm, peai, peal, peel, pela, pele, pial, pica, pice, pila, pile, pilm, pima, plea, plia, plie, plim
3 Letter Words for Piecemeal
ace, ail, aim, alc, ale, alp, ame, ami, amp, apc, ape, apl, cai, cal, cam, cap, cee, cel, cep, cia, cie, cli, cml, cpa, cpi, cpl, cpm, eam, ecm, eec, eel, ela, eli, elm, eme, emp, epa, epi, ice, ile, imp, ipl, ipm, lac, lai, lam, lap, lca, lcm, lea, lee, lei, lem, lep, lie, lim, lip, lpm, mac, mae, mal, map, mea, mee, mei, mel, mia, mic, mil, pac, pal, pam, pci, pcm, pea, pec, pee, pel, pia, pic, pie, pil, pli
Definitions for Piecemeal
[1] piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
[2] into pieces or fragments: to tear a letter piecemeal.
[3] done piecemeal.
[4] by degrees; bit by bit; gradually
[5] in or into pieces or piece from piece to tear something piecemeal
[6] fragmentary or unsystematic a piecemeal approach
Words related to Piecemeal
gradual, fitfully, fragmentary, gradually, intermittent, interrupted, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, intermittently
Words nearby Piecemeal
piece of the action, piece out, piece rate, piece together, piece-dyed, piecemeal, piecer, piecewise, piecework, piecrust, piecrust table
Origin of Piecemeal
1250–1300; Middle English pecemele; replacing Old English styccemǣlum. See piece, -meal
Word origin for Piecemeal
C13 pecemele, from piece + -mele, from Old English mælum quantity taken at one time
Synonyms for Piecemeal
gradual, at intervals, by degrees, by fits and starts, fitfully, fragmentary, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step
