Adjective: piecemeal 'pees,meel
- One thing at a time
"They approached the complex project in a piecemeal manner";
- bit-by-bit, in small stages, step-by-step, stepwise
- A little bit at a time
"the research structure has developed piecemeal";
- little by little, bit by bit, in stages
See also: gradual
Encyclopedia: Piecemeal