fragmentary

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˈfrægmənˌtɛri/
adj Freq #71899

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    consisting of small disconnected parts

    Fragmentary remains.

  2. 2
    adj

    Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

    Fragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country.

  3. 3
    adj

    Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · consisting of small... fragmental
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Word family
Forms fragmentariness
Derived forms fragmentarilyfragmentarinessfragnetinterfragmentarymultifragmentarynonfragmentaryunfragmentary

Etymology

From fragment + -ary.

Topics

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