spottedly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spotted +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

spottedly (not comparable)

  1. In spots, or occasional places; here and there.
    • 1960, Cooperative Economic Insect Report, page 266:
      However, the species was spottedly numerous in alfalfa.
    • 1972, P. J. den Boer, G. R. Gradwell, Dynamics of Populations, page 130:
      The study area is topographically well-defined and within it non-commercial farms of very small sizes are distributed spottedly.