scatteredly, adv.
(ˈskætədlɪ)
[f. scattered ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a scattered manner; disorderedly, irregularly; † intermittently.
| 1611 Speed Theatre Gt. Brit. i. §3 All other Ilands and Ilets, which doe scatteredly inuiron it. 1640 Parkinson Theat. Bot. 283 Sometimes also growing scatteredly on the stalks. 1684 H. More Answ. Remarks upon More's Expos. 275 What is more scatteredly and interruptedly done as to time, and place,..is..represented as done at one time, and in one place. 1847 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 5. 252 Elytra..minutely and scatteredly punctulate. 1882 R. A. Proctor in Knowledge No. 41. 176 Meteors of the Perseid system may..be seen..in greater number, but with shorter paths near Perseus; more scatteredly, but with longer paths at a distance from that constellation. |