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Definition of Patchy
1. Adjective. Irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.. "Patchy fog"
Definition of Patchy
1. a. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
Definition of Patchy
1. Adjective. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches. ¹
2. Adjective. Not constant or continuous; intermittent or '''uneven'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patchy
1. uneven in quality [adj PATCHIER, PATCHIEST] : PATCHILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patchy
Literary usage of Patchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hair: Its Growth, Care, Diseases and Treatment by Charles Henri Leonard (1879)
"patchy BALDNESS. Synonyms. Alopecia arcata; Local alopecia. Derivation. From the
Latin tinea, a moth or woodworm, ..."
2. An Eclectic Compendium of the Practice of Medicine by Lyman Watkins (1895)
"CARBO VEG : Asthenia hemorrhage, pallid expressionless tongue, with patchy coat.
SP. MED. ERGOT : Profuse hemorrhage, relaxation of the muscular walls of ..."
3. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"patchy distribution: The converse of a uniform distribution. With a patchy
distribution of parasites, some individuals in the host population are heavily ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Or, again, shale that shows intercalations of other substances in a patchy form
is called scanty metal to distinguish it from a stratum having a homogeneous ..."
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