fragmentary

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: frag=men=tar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

fragmentary, a. [Cf. F. fragmentaire.].

•  Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire.  Donne.  [1913 Webster]
•  Composed of the fragments of other rocks.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fragmentary, adj.
1 consisting of fragments.
2 disconnected.
3 Geol. composed of fragments of previously existing rocks.

Derivative

fragmentarily adv.

ROGET THESAURUS

fragmentary

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Fraction

N fraction, fractional part, part, fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal.