SPOTTILY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

spottily

adverb

Definition of spottily

as in intermittently

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Adverb

The administration has also intermittently pressured Ukraine to cave in its war of survival against Russian aggression.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Both robots had equal-power motors, with one providing steady, continuous motion in the rigid legs and the other intermittently storing energy and releasing it in snaps.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermittently

Adverb

Using the history of gay male desire in different time periods — dangerous, clandestine, outlawed and at long last fitfully accepted — the film examines legacy and what gets handed down across time.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The latest, directed by Julio Quintana, stars Zachary Levi and is fitfully diverting, draped with calming New Mexico scenery.

— Michael Phillips, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of fitfully

Adverb

However, that stiffness can make physical interactions harder to manage, especially when objects move unpredictably or require a softer touch.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Over time, the tags fall off or attach chaotically, meaning tags are inconsistent between cells and genes start turning on unpredictably.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unpredictably

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And, fortuitously for would-be sponsors, something happened in tennis that made these arrangements even more appealing.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fortuitously

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This leads to River commandeering a woman’s car and inadvertently gaining a partner in her dog Monty, who doesn’t figure into the action but is most assuredly a Very Good Boy.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Executives who remain tethered to routine reporting or data validation could inadvertently create an organizational bottleneck.

— Alexandra J. Zanela, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of inadvertently

Adverb

Anyone who waited by the stage door at London’s Trafalgar Theatre last year may well have unwittingly been offered a major clue about a development within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
When Jay encounters a giant squid being chased by a mammoth sperm whale, he’s unwittingly entangled in the former’s tentacles and swallowed up in one extended, terrifying sequence.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of unwittingly

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