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Synonyms for fragmentary
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : frag-muh n-ter-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræg mənˌtɛr i |
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Définition of fragmentary
Origin :- 1835 (with an isolated use in Donne from 1611), from fragment + -ary.
- adj broken, incomplete
- My remarks on these diseases must consequently be few and fragmentary.
- Extract from : « The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases » by Charles West, M.D.
- The capacity of the interior of this fragmentary skull has not been ascertained.
- Extract from : « On Some Fossil Remains of Man » by Thomas H. Huxley
- There was an effect of rudeness in his fragmentary sentences.
- Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
- He was very deliberate; not jerky, only fragmentary; at times profane.
- Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
- The picture of Jackson that has come down to us, therefore, is unclear and fragmentary.
- Extract from : « John Baptist Jackson » by Jacob Kainen
- Fragmentary remains only of a coffin assumed to be his were found in 1875.
- Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury » by H. J. L. J. Mass
- Of this total thirty-one are unique, and seven exist only in a fragmentary form.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
- What was known of Plato before can only have been fragmentary.
- Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
- The fragmentary way in which the Qurn was given was not without its difficulties.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- The subject is crude and fragmentary, though we are entitled to call it promising.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
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