fragmentary

«fragmentary» in Mova's school dictionary: broken into small pieces, or only partly known, not whole — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more fragmentary, most fragmentary)

meaning for a pupil

Fragmentary means broken into small pieces, or only partly known, not whole. tree →

sense in the lessons

a story or picture that survives only in pieces, so the reader must fill the gaps

examples

• The old map was fragmentary, with pieces missing. tree →
• We had only fragmentary news of the battle. tree →
• The fragmentary pictures showed a kingdom under the earth. tree →

note

a fragmentary list has parts missing, so a total taken from it may be too small

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fragmentary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.