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[ frag-muhn-ter-ee ] / ˈfræg mənˌtɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fragmentary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveconsisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains. Origin of fragmentaryFirst recorded in 1605–15; fragment + -ary OTHER WORDS FROM fragmentaryfrag·men·tar·i·ly, adverbfrag·men·tar·i·ness, nounWords nearby fragmentaryfragility, fragility of blood, fragility test, fragment, fragmental, fragmentary, fragmentate, fragmentation, fragmentation bomb, fragmentation grenade, fragmented Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fragmentaryThe Lotus and the Storm turns out to be a grand, haunted melodrama with elements of camp, delivered in fragmentary reveries. A Different Kind of Vietnam Story|J.T. Price|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Literature has been in a plundered, fragmentary state for a long time. Bob Dylan’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ Revealed|Chris Francescani|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Francis Watson argued that all of the fragmentary sentences preserved on the papyrus are also found in the Gospel of Thomas. The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST I took phone calls from the field, with fragmentary updates. The First American: Excerpt from Henry Crumpton’s ‘The Art of Intelligence’|Henry A. Crumpton|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All officials stressed the fragmentary nature of the threat information to date. Terror Threat Interrogation Underway|Eli Lake|September 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST Mrs. Morris then proceeded to give in fragmentary speeches an outline of the constitution and government of the estate. Desperate Remedies|Thomas Hardy This dry, fragmentary snow is still further prepared for the formation of banners by the action of the wind. Wisconsin in Story and Song;|Various There is a representation; it is inexact, because it is fragmentary and momentary. A Night in the Luxembourg|Remy De Gourmont Some were nearly intact, while others were fragmentary and represented by only a few of the more durable and indigestible parts. Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus|Henry S. Fitch Such advice will not serve as a screen if based on a fragmentary, incomplete statement of facts. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for fragmentary
adjectivemade up of fragments; disconnected; incompleteAlso: fragmental Derived forms of fragmentaryfragmentarily, adverbfragmentariness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fragmentarysketchy, scattered, disconnected, discrete, disjointed, fractional, incoherent, part, partial, piecemeal, scrappy, unsystematic, bitty |