patchily

English

Etymology

patchy +‎ -ly

Adverb

patchily (comparative more patchily, superlative most patchily)

In a patchy manner.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎, page 310:
  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.

Synonyms

sporadically; see also Thesaurus:discontinuously

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