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fragmentarily

fragmentarily adverb: in a fragmentary manner.

Adverb

fragmentarily (comparative more fragmentarily, superlative most fragmentarily)

  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.1922, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 18, in Aaron’s Rod
    • 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.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter X, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC

Forms of fragmentarily

comparativemore fragmentarily
superlativemost fragmentarily

Origin of fragmentarily

From fragmentary + -ly.

Questions about fragmentarily

What does fragmentarily mean?
Fragmentarily means in a fragmentary manner.
What part of speech is fragmentarily?
Fragmentarily is an adverb.

Words near fragmentarily in the dictionary

  1. fragmentalized
  2. fragmentalizes
  3. fragmentalizing
  4. fragmentally
  5. fragmentals
  6. fragmentarily
  7. fragmentariness
  8. fragmentarism
  9. fragmentary
  10. fragmentate
  11. fragmentated

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