adv. [f. SPOTTY a.] In a spotty manner; without uniformity.
1843. Morning Post, 28 March, 5/6. His [Pyne’s] trees, too, are spottily isolated from the remainder of the picture.
1890. Pall Mall Gaz., 16 Jan., 2/1. The missions work spottily. Many of these noble bands of workers are doing good work; but it is, as I say, only done ineffectively, in patches.
