PIECEMEAL Meaning of PIECEMEAL in English adv. & adj.adv. piece by piece; gradually. adj. partial; gradual; unsystematic. [ ME f. PIECE + - meal f. OE mlum (instr. dative pl. of ml MEAL(1)) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012