scatteringlyadv.
/ˈskatərɪŋli/ In a scattering manner; so as to disperse in all directions; not compactly and in a body; irregularly; intermittently.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb]
abroadc1300
sunderly1541
dispersedly1561
scatteringly1570
sparsedly1570
strewingly1578
scatteredly1612
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 250/1 I thought here good to packe them all in one general heape together, as I finde them in Malmesbery, and in other sondry autors scateryngly recited.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 163 The Humble Bee Orchis hath..leaues, which growe scatteringly about the stalke.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Rrrr The Houses scatteringly built amongst Hills and Gardens.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) vii. 126 Some [Gradual Verses] are scatteringly to be found in Homer.
1746 S. Simpson Agreeable Historian I. 300 This town..consists of one Street, lying scatteringly almost a Mile in Length.
1880 W. G. T. Shedd Homiletics v. 118 Too many sermons are composed scatteringly all along through the week.
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