PIECEMEAL


Meaning of PIECEMEAL in English

adv. & adj.

adv. piece by piece; gradually.

adj. partial; gradual; unsystematic.

[ ME f. PIECE + - meal f. OE m‘lum (instr. dative pl. of m‘l MEAL(1)) ]

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