Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patchily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: patchi-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a patchy manner.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English patchy Middle English -ly English -ly English patchily From patchy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more patchily (comparative) most patchily (superlative)

Synonyms

sporadically

Questions

What does patchily mean?: In a patchy manner.
Where does patchily come from?: Etymology tree English patchy Middle English -ly English -ly English patchily From patchy + -ly.

How to pronounce patchily

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