patchily
adverb
- in an intermittent or uneven manner
Wiktionary
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English patchy Middle English -ly English -ly English patchily From patchy + -ly.
- In a patchy manner.
“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.”