How many syllables are in patchily?

patchily has 3 syllables: pat-chi-ly. The stress falls on "pat".

Is patchily a common word?

patchily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

patchily

Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.

Part of speech: adverb
How common: Uncommon
Syllables: 3
Letters: 8

patchily is an adverb meaning "in spots". It carries one recorded sense.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in spots

Questions about patchily

What does patchily mean?: patchily means "in spots".
How many syllables are in patchily?: patchily has 3 syllables: pat-chi-ly. The stress falls on "pat".
Is patchily a common word?: patchily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for patchily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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