Syntaxiom

patchily

/pˈætʃili/ adv

In a patchy manner.

Word Origin Patchily comes from patch, a word of uncertain origin but likely from Old French pieche 'piece.' The idea: something done in patches, unevenly. The suffix -y turns the noun into an adjective (patchy), and -ly makes it an adverb. Related words like patchwork (work made of patches) and eyepatch (a patch for the eye) show how the root spread.

adv In a patchy manner.

The fog was distributed patchily across the valley.

(副词) 零散地；零星地；不均匀地

雾气斑驳地散布在山谷中。

(adverbio) De manera desigual o dispersa, formando manchas.

La niebla se distribuía de manera desigual a lo largo del valle.

(adverbe) par endroits; irrégulièrement; de manière discontinue; de façon éparse [De manière inégale, par endroits dispersés, sans continuité.]

Le brouillard était réparti patchily dans la vallée, par plaques isolées.

(Adverb) fleckig; lückenhaft; uneinheitlich [Auf ungleichmäßige oder lückenhafte Weise; mit Unterbrechungen oder unvollständiger Verteilung.]

Der Nebel lag **patchily** über dem Tal verteilt.

(副詞) まだら状に、むらがある状態で。

霧は谷間全体にわたってまだら状に点在していた。

(advérbio) irregularmente; de modo irregular; em manchas; esparsamente [De maneira irregular; em manchas.]

A névoa estava distribuída irregularmente pelo vale.

Synonyms: unevenly irregularly sporadically inconsistently erratically intermittently fitfully haphazardly Antonyms: evenly uniformly consistently regularly
Word parts: patch + y + ly

Related words

patchy patchiness

Get offline access, pronunciation, spaced repetition, and learning games:

Download Syntaxiom →
📱 Offline access 🔊 Pronunciation 🧠 Spaced repetition 📖 Native language bridges