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in bits and pieces

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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I showed her things out of order, in bits and pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Woodson’s son said in a telephone interview that his father rarely talked about World War II until late in his life and then only in bits and pieces.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023

So now a whole host of different agencies are tasked with protecting kids in bits and pieces.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2023

They beat England despite only producing their best stuff in bits and pieces.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

If mothers don’t tell their children everything, they hear it in bits and pieces, and that can’t be right.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

in bits and pieces

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