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. 2012