driblets
Small scattered portions
Driblets are small amounts or portions, typically of liquid but often of money or other quantities that come in trickles rather than all at once: The inheritance arrived in driblets over several years.
The word suggests inadequacy or frustration with piecemeal delivery.
Also spelled driblets.
The singular driblet appears less frequently.
Insultingly small payment
- morselsSmall pieces of food
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- crumbsSmall food fragments
- sliversThin, sharp fragments
fragments · bits · pieces · portions · rations · allowances · installments · parcels
pittance
Insultingly small payment
slivers · fragments · bits · pieces · portions · rations · allowances · installments · parcels · quotas
droplets
Minute liquid globules
splashes · spatters · sprinkles · tears · dewdrops · globules · pearls · blobs · spots · flecks
seepage
Slow fluid escape
drip · percolation · weeping · bleeding · runoff · discharge · filtration · exudation