SPOTTILY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

spottily

adverb

Definition of spottily

as in intermittently

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Adverb

Storms and showers could continue intermittently through Friday night, according to the weather services’ seven-day forecast.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Here was a way to inhabit the dark enfilades and flood them at least intermittently with light.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of intermittently

Adverb

Martin Filler The Met’s new Tristan und Isolde was a vocal triumph for Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres, but Yuval Sharon’s staging only fitfully captured the essence of Wagner’s masterpiece.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
That’s Duncan’s dilemma from the very beginning of this fitfully hilarious episode of The Audacity.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of fitfully

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And fortuitously, Napalm Death, who played a 19-minute set, espouse the same lefty politics as NPR, in fact maybe even a little more leftist, all things considered, since Barney Greenway wore a Crass T-shirt to the gig.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Dean Fleischer Camp directed the film, which was originally meant to stream on Disney+, but fortuitously, things changed and, in 2024, the film was given a theatrical release.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 June 2026

Definition of fortuitously

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His opinion will be better received, and people will unconsciously be giving his appearance green flags and listening without any distraction.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
There is also bias at play, which affects decision-making, even unconsciously.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026

Definition of unconsciously

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Created by Tessa Coates, Ride or Die is a spy action comedy about an assassin, Judith (Waddingham) whose latest case inadvertently involves her best friend of more than 20 years, Debbie (Spencer), a politician’s wife.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
While catching tuna, fishing vessels also inadvertently catch other species, like sharks.

— NPR, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadvertently

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In 2002, two years after the events of the first film, three ghost hunters unwittingly awaken the Marionette.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
The 35-year-old from Kimberly had unwittingly rolled into a mass shooting that would leave three victims dead and at least seven others wounded on the edge of the Snake River Gorge.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of unwittingly

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