Adverb

stellenweise

in places, in spots, here and there, intermittently

Die Straße ist stellenweise glatt.

The road is slippery in places.

Morgen gibt es stellenweise Nebel.

Tomorrow there will be fog in places.

Der Text ist stellenweise schwer zu verstehen.

The text is difficult to understand in places.

((as an adverb modifying the sentence)) in places. It rained in places.

Synonyms: hier und da (here and there), örtlich (locally), teilweise (partially)

Composed of 'Stelle' (place, spot) + '-weise' (in the manner of). Literally means 'place-wise'.

Think of '-weise' like the English '-wise' (as in likewise). So, 'stellenweise' means 'in the manner of spots' or 'spot-wise'.

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