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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Though they made their split official in 1970 after coming apart in bits and pieces, they have never gone away.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

That was more or less the official prehistory of my childhood, although I learned it only in bits and pieces over the years.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023

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

Melvin Frank’s “A Touch of Class” is a very patchy movie — enormously funny in bits and pieces and sometimes downright dumb.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

They usually avoided Vigil talk although Kevin often had inside information about assignments and stuff and he often fed it to Danny in bits and pieces, finding it hard not to show off a bit.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

in bits and pieces

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