patchily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

patchy +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

patchily (comparative more patchily, superlative most patchily)

  1. In a patchy manner.
    • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎[1], page 310:
      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.

Synonyms[edit]

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