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fragmentarily

adv

Etymology

From fragmentary + -ly.

  1. derived from fragmentum — “a fragment, remnant”
  2. inherited from fragment
  3. suffixed as fragmentary — “fragment + -ary”
  4. suffixed as fragmentarily — “fragmentary + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a fragmentary manner.

    • So he got his flute, propped up the book against a vase, and played the tune, whilst she hummed it fragmentarily.
    • In the working-class quarters the barricades were being pulled down, rather fragmentarily, for it is a lot easier to build a barricade than to put the stones back.
    • Two were ramshackle old men—droolers as toothless as carp. They were irregulars, armed and clothed fragmentarily with junk taken from real soldiers who were newly dead.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA