spottedly

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adverb

In spots, or occasional places; here and there.

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Meanings

adverbspottedly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn spots, or occasional places; here and there.

    However, the species was spottedly numerous in alfalfa.

    1960, Cooperative Economic Insect Report, page 266
    1 more example

    The study area is topographically well-defined and within it non-commercial farms of very small sizes are distributed spottedly.

    1972, P. J. den Boer, G. R. Gradwell, Dynamics of Populations, page 130

Origin

From spotted + -ly.

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APA

spottedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spottedly

MLA

“spottedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spottedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spottedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spottedly.

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