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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for fragmentary

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