0 in a way that only exists or happens in some parts or situations:
Banking services are patchily distributed in the smaller towns.
This is a patchily entertaining TV series.
The performance started well, went downhill, and continued rather patchily thereafter.
The birds' nesting sites are patchily distributed.
For a while the mobile phone network sprang patchily back to life.
There are child protection laws, but they are only patchily enforced.
Their debut album is patchily impressive.
