Meanings
adverbpatchily (comparative more patchily, superlative most patchily)
comparative more patchily · superlative most patchily
- 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 310Synonyms: sporadically
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a patchy manner.
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patchily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patchily
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“patchily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patchily. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patchily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patchily.
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