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Meaning of "patchily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PATCHILY

patchily  [ˈpætʃɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATCHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Patchily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PATCHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of patchily in the English dictionary

The definition of patchily in the dictionary is unevenly; variably.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATCHILY


bitchily
ˈbɪtʃɪlɪ
blotchily
ˈblɒtʃɪlɪ
botchily
ˈbɒtʃɪlɪ
bunchily
ˈbʌntʃɪlɪ
chile
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chili
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chilli
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chilly
ˈtʃɪlɪ
grouchily
ˈɡraʊtʃɪlɪ
hitchily
ˈhɪtʃɪlɪ
peachily
ˈpiːtʃɪlɪ
preachily
ˈpriːtʃɪlɪ
punchily
ˈpʌntʃɪlɪ
raunchily
ˈrɔːntʃɪlɪ
scratchily
ˈskrætʃɪlɪ
sketchily
ˈskɛtʃɪlɪ
snatchily
ˈsnætʃɪlɪ
starchily
ˈstɑːtʃɪlɪ
touchily
ˈtʌtʃɪlɪ
twitchily
ˈtwɪtʃɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATCHILY

patch
patch board
patch panel
patch pocket
patch quilt
patch test
patchable
patched
patched-together
patcher
patchery
patchier
patchiest
patchiness
patchouli
patchouly
patchwork
patchwork quilt
patchy
patd

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATCHILY

crunchily
gushily
healthily
kvetchily
lengthily
mushily
pitchily
pithily
praiseworthily
scripophily
shily
slouchily
stealthily
techily
tetchily
toothily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of patchily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «patchily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATCHILY

Find out the translation of patchily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of patchily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «patchily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斑驳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irregularmente
570 millions of speakers

English

patchily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

patchily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالشكل الكافي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неравномерно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patchily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

patchier
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inégalement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelekat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

uneinheitlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パッチ状
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

patchily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tamba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

patchily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

patchier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

daha düzensiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patchily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niejednolicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерівномірно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inegal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

patchily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oneweredig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ojämnt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

patchily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of patchily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATCHILY»

The term «patchily» is normally little used and occupies the 122.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATCHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «patchily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «patchily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about patchily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATCHILY»

Discover the use of patchily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to patchily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, ...
Most regions, but restricted to moist areas near water points, run-on sites and inland drainages Most regions, but restricted to moist areas near water points, run-on sites and inland drainages Patchily distributed around bore drains, water  ...
Emma Burns, Andrew Lowe, David Lindenmayer, 2014
2
Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution : Concepts and ...
The current consensus. A typical prokaryote genome has a shell (up to 30% of its genes) made up of genes that are quickly gained or lost and are patchily distributed among strains of its “species.” It also has a “hard” core of genes shared with ...
Faculty of Pure and Applied Science York University Jan Sapp Department of Biology, 2005
3
Mating Systems and Strategies
Temporal If] H M a L M H Spatial ( m" ) Temporal L M H Spatial ( m* ) Figure 8.9 ( a) The spatial distribution of females in which females are likely to copy the behavior of other females in locating patchily distributed resources; (b) the spatial  ...
Stephen M. Shuster, Michael John Wade, 2003
4
Marine Metapopulations
The relative magnitude of the birth and death rates in comparison with the magnitude of connectivity effectively determines whether fish exist as a patchily distributed population or distinct local populations that form part of a metapopulation.
Jacob P. Kritzer, Peter F. Sale, 2010
5
Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia
Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum was once present throughout much of the Murray-Darling Basin [635] where it was patchily distributed but historically common [778, 1200]. Recent surveys reveal that it is present but uncommon in the ...
Brad Pusey, Mark Kennard, Angela Arthington, 2004
6
Parasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
Foraging for patchily-distributed leaf-miners by the braconid Dapsilarthra rufiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) I. Discrimination of previously searched leaflets. Applied Entomology and Zoology 21,500-508. Sugimoto, T.; Murakami, H.; and ...
H. C. J. Godfray, 1994
7
A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation: Butterflies ...
An underlying principle riveted into conservation by the Helsinki team (Hanski et al., 2004) is that understanding the spatial structure of populations is crucial to preserving patchily distributed species (P9.22). As all species become patchily ...
Roger L. H. Dennis, 2012
8
Call in the Feds
The girl nodded, suddenly making up her mind. She went quickly forward after Pretty Boy. As they turned down the patchily lit street, a pair of blazing headlights turned into the road where they'd been standing. The hunt was rapidly closing in.
Gordon Landsborough, 2013
9
Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society
However, when food plants are patchily distributed, the social group occupying the territory tends to be socially polygynous, i.e., one male and several females, or multi-male/multi-female. A model for how this kind of flexibility of social structure ...
C. N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla, Jennifer L. Verdolin, 2009
10
Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective
This difference in specialization creates very different spatial distributions of suitable habitat for these species, leading La- cey and Wieczorek (2003) to suggest that the difficulty of dispersing between patchily distributed mallín habitats is an ...
Jerry O. Wolff, Paul W. Sherman, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATCHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term patchily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Speed Week: Corvette Z06 vs Ferrari 458 Speciale vs Nismo GT-R
And instead of a track that is small, tight, generously on-camber and dry, all I have is a circuit that's huge, fast, patchily moist and littered with ... «Top Gear, Jul 15»
2
2015 Renault Clio RS 220 Trophy review
Some of the old Dieppe pixie dust has been sprinkled but it settles only patchily on what is a resolutely expensive five-door, two-pedal product. «Autocar, Jul 15»
3
Daff-crushers in dayglo may yet come up smelling of roses
Suddenly a titanic job which councils lumbered through, patchily, until 2008 (and which only some do at all now), is being undertaken ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
If Greece's revolt spreads across Europe, Labour will be the loser
While the need for well-targeted aid remains as urgent as ever, extreme poverty has at least been patchily alleviated. By contrast, a milder but ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
The House of Mirrors & Hearts, Arcola
This is a bold if patchily inspired attempt to break the Von Trapp mould of the unhappy-family musical. The House of Mirrors & Hearts runs at the ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
6
What Does 'Quality of Life' Mean? Play Considers the Options
(Jones actually lost 20+ pounds to play the role, and, coupled with his patchily shaved head, he looks like he's half-dead and wasting away). «Times of San Diego, Jul 15»
7
Gayle assault powers Tallawahs home
There was a period of about a year couple of years back he was scoring very patchily even in T20. Gayle almost hits sixes at will. Pollard ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
8
Starting from the bottom: China finally embraces entrepreneurs
Piracy is rampant and, as Western firms often complain, intellectual property law is only patchily enforced by the domestic courts. What's bad for ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
Romanian top seed Simona Halep beaten by Kristina Mladenovic in …
Halep only patchily showed what she is capable of as she was ousted by Kristina Mladenovic - the third-best French player and ranked outside ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
10
Google search vs doctor diagnosis – always an imperfect balance
But in the UK, greater access to information is happening randomly and patchily, while the ability of patients to use that information effectively in ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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