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adjective
Date: 1611
consisting of fragments ; incomplete <fragmentary evidence> <a fragmentary account> • fragmentarily adverb • fragmentariness noun
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fragmentary
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Fragmentary — Frag men*ta*ry, a. [Cf. F. fragmentaire.] 1. Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire. Donne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) Composed of the fragments of other rocks. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fragmentary — index broken (fractured), imperfect, inchoate, minimal, partial (part), partial (relating to a part), semi … Law dictionary
fragmentary — (adj.) 1835 (with an isolated use in Donne from 1611), from FRAGMENT (Cf. fragment) + ARY (Cf. ary) … Etymology dictionary
fragmentary — should be pronounced with the stress on the first syllable … Modern English usage
fragmentary — [adj] broken, incomplete bitty, disconnected, discrete, disjointed, fractional, incoherent, part, partial, piecemeal, scattered, scrappy, sketchy, unsystematic; concept 785 Ant. all, complete, total, unbroken, whole … New thesaurus
fragmentary — [frag′mən ter΄ē, frag ment′ə rē] adj. consisting of fragments; not complete; disconnected fragmentarily adv. fragmentariness n … English World dictionary
fragmentary — fragmentarily, adv. fragmentariness, n. /frag meuhn ter ee/, adj. consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains. [1605 15; FRAGMENT + ARY] * * * … Universalium
fragmentary — [[t]fræ̱gməntəri, AM teri[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is fragmentary is made up of small or unconnected pieces. Any action on the basis of such fragmentary evidence would be foolish … English dictionary
fragmentary — frag•men•tar•y [[t]ˈfræg mənˌtɛr i[/t]] adj. consisting of fragments; broken; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains[/ex] • Etymology: 1605–15 frag′men•tar i•ly, adv. frag′men•tar i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
fragmentary — /ˈfrægməntri/ (say fragmuhntree), / təri/ (say tuhree) adjective composed of fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains. {fragment + ary1} –fragmentarily, adverb –fragmentariness, noun …
