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  • 91spottily — ˈspäd.]əl]ē, ät], ]ə̇l], ]i adverb : in a spotty manner : so as to be spotty : without uniformity tackled on a major scale, and not just spottily John Brooks account … is only spottily absorbing Hollis Alpert rationality as well as unselfishness… …

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  • 92spot´ti|ness — spot|ty «SPOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. having spots; spotted: »dirty, spotty clothes. 2. Figurative. not of uniform quality; irregularly good and bad: »His work was spotty. – …

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  • 93spot´ti|ly — spot|ty «SPOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. having spots; spotted: »dirty, spotty clothes. 2. Figurative. not of uniform quality; irregularly good and bad: »His work was spotty. – …

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  • 94spot|ty — «SPOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. having spots; spotted: »dirty, spotty clothes. 2. Figurative. not of uniform quality; irregularly good and bad: »His work was spotty. – …

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  • 95spottiness — spot ti*ness (sp[o^]t t[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The state or quality of being spotty. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 96Stipple — Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 97Stippled — Stipple Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913… …

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  • 98Stippling — Stipple Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913… …

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  • 99mealy — adjective (mealier; est) Date: 1591 1. containing meal ; farinaceous 2. soft, dry, and friable 3. a. covered with meal or with fine granules b. flecked with another color c. spotty, uneven d …

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  • 100smatter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English smateren to make dirty, talk idly Date: 15th century intransitive verb to talk superficially ; babble transitive verb 1. to speak with spotty or superficial knowledge < smatters French > …

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