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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

patchy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English patch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English patchy From patch + -y.

Meanings

  1. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
  2. Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven.
    • patchy clouds
    • Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more. 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
    • a patchy performance

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
patchier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
patchiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

patchily · patchiness

Synonyms

spasmodic (not constant or continuous) · stop-start

Translations (10)

vi nham nhở (Full of, or covered with, patches) · mi pūrei (Not constant or continuous) · fi epätasainen (Not constant or continuous) · es hecho a retales (Full of, or covered with, patches) · mi pūreirei (Not constant or continuous) · sv flammig (Not constant or continuous) · mi kōpurepure (Full of, or covered with, patches) · fi hajanainen (Not constant or continuous) · tyz bống báng (Full of, or covered with, patches) · sv ojämn (Not constant or continuous)