PIECEMEAL


Meaning of PIECEMEAL in English

adv. & adj.

--adv. piece by piece; gradually.

--adj. partial; gradual; unsystematic.

Etymology: ME f. PIECE + - meal f. OE m{aelig}lum (instr. dative pl. of m{aelig}l MEAL(1))

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.