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patchily

patchily adverb: in a patchy manner.

Adverb

patchily (comparative more patchily, superlative most patchily)

  1. In a patchy manner.
    • Hawkins, Lewis and Hankin are placed in the Diachronic category due to their attempt at a historical perspective, even though that is very patchily executed.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 310
    Synonyms:
    sporadically

Synonyms of patchily

Forms of patchily

comparativemore patchily
superlativemost patchily

Origin of patchily

From patchy + -ly.

Questions about patchily

What does patchily mean?
Patchily means in a patchy manner.
What part of speech is patchily?
Patchily is an adverb.

Words near patchily in the dictionary

  1. patchfile
  2. patchfiles
  3. Patchgatgoch
  4. patchier
  5. patchiest
  6. patchily
  7. Patchin
  8. patchiness
  9. patchinesses
  10. patching
  11. patching over

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