patchilyadv.
/ˈpatʃᵻli/, U.S. /ˈpætʃəli/ In a patchy manner; in patches.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb] > heterogeneously or unevenly
unevenly1398
oddly1597
mosaically1637
multipliciously1646
ununiformly1656
unsteadily1690
heterogeneously1775
unequably1834
spottily1842
patchily1891
inhomogeneously1909
1891 Cent. Mag. Nov. 40/1 The patchily illumined huddle really did not need a spur.
1903 Daily Mail 7 Sept. 4/4 Shops,..started with some..idea of being beautiful, have finished by becoming patchily tin.
1933 Discovery Sept. 292/1 The bare land patchily covered by flat ‘scab weed’ looks horribly diseased.
1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam i. 20 Public paths in both Scotland and Northern Ireland are..patchily and thinly distributed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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