ˈspäd.] ə l]ē, -ät], ]ə̇l], ]i adverb
: in a spotty manner : so as to be spotty : without uniformity
tackled on a major scale, and not just spottily — John Brooks
account … is only spottily absorbing — Hollis Alpert
rationality as well as unselfishness have existed spottily in the world — Priscilla Robertson