Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked with splotches or daubs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered or marked with splotches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
marked or covered with large, irregularspots
Etymologies
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Examples
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The art at the British pavilion, which she has called some of the “most feminine” of her career, includes a good deal of genitalia (in splotchy, impressionistic drawings) but is generally tame by comparison with some of her earlier work.
Venice Biennale: Lining Up for Britain’s Bad Girl - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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The art at the British pavilion, which she has called some of the “most feminine” of her career, includes a good deal of genitalia (in splotchy, impressionistic drawings) but is generally tame by comparison with some of her earlier work.
Venice Biennale: Lining Up for Britain’s Bad Girl - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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Be careful that you don't get too "splotchy" with the green flock and end up with the dreaded "spotted cow effect" on your squares.
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A good number of early adopters are reporting "splotchy," distorted, or discolored displays (we've seen reports of dead pixels, too, though we'd actually be more weirded out if there here.
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Lainie's muscular legs were red from her workout, and her face was still splotchy.
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Panel 4 – nice open panel, looks good, just clean up the splotchy ink part at the top right hand corner of the ‘tips’ page right next to the spine.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Prospective Colorist #1: Emily
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She might have told him, too, except that when she raised her eyes again, she saw that the menacing look on Ben's splotchy red face had dissolved, and his shaggy grey head was crumbling over into his hands.
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His art began as doodles and revision marks on manuscripts that adorned the page with, for example, leaves and vines, or splotchy forms.
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She might have told him, too, except that when she raised her eyes again, she saw that the menacing look on Ben's splotchy red face had dissolved, and his shaggy grey head was crumbling over into his hands.
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Lainie's muscular legs were red from her workout, and her face was still splotchy.
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