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- [frag-muh n-ter-ee]
- /ˈfræg mənˌtɛr i/
- /fræɡˈmen.tər.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [frag-muh n-ter-ee]
- /ˈfræg mənˌtɛr i/
Definitions of fragmentary word
- adjective fragmentary consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains. 1
- noun fragmentary Consisting of small parts that are disconnected or incomplete. 1
- adjective fragmentary piecemeal, bitty 1
- adjective fragmentary Something that is fragmentary is made up of small or unconnected pieces. 0
- adjective fragmentary made up of fragments; disconnected; incomplete 0
- adjective fragmentary consisting of fragments; not complete; disconnected 0
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Origin of fragmentary
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; fragment + -ary
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Parts of speech for Fragmentary
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fragmentary popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
fragmentary usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fragmentary
adj fragmentary
- sketchy — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- disconnected — disjointed; broken.
- discrete — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- disjointed — Mathematics. (of two sets) having no common elements. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.
adjective fragmentary
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- patchy — characterized by or made up of patches.
- fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
Antonyms for fragmentary
adj fragmentary
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- unbroken — not broken; whole; intact.
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
adjective fragmentary
- entire — An uncastrated male horse.
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