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Definition: Erratically |
ErraticallyAdverb1. In an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "erratically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Synonym: ErraticallySynonym: unpredictably (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Erratically |
| English words defined with "erratically": turbulent flow ♦ yaw. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "erratically": fluid flow. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Levels of estrogen and progesterone can change erratically from month to month as you age and get closer to menopause. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yemen | During the year, in an intensified effort to address terrorism and perceived religious extremism, the Government enforced existing laws that previously had been applied only erratically, and deported foreigners who were in the country illegally or whom it suspected of inciting violence or engaging in criminal acts. (references) |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Although the US market share is growing somewhat erratically, the United States currently ranks third behind Spain and Chile in supplying wine to the market. (references) |
Human Rights | Chad | There were no reports of any investigation or action taken against the members of the security forces responsible for the following incidents in 2000: The October reported beating and abuse of a Zaghawa tribesman who was acting erratically near an embassy and died 3 days after his release from the National Security prison; the June severe beating, torturing, raping, and robbing with impunity of the residents of several villages in the south--Bessokoyan, Bekolo, Bembaitada, and Bamadja--that the army accused of supporting the rebel chief Kette Nodji Moise; the May beating of Armel Ramadji, a high school student; the May severe beating of a civilian, Abdoulaye Absakine. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | However, in the large informal sector of the economy involving both urban and rural workers, the Government's occupational health and safety regulations are enforced erratically, if at all. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Erratically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Erratically" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 71 | 39,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "erratically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 古怪地 (Quizzically). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | vagabonde. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | unstete. (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 불규칙 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | erraticallyay thất thường (arbitrary, capricious, casual, erratic, fit, start), được chăng hay chớ (erratic, hit-or-mis). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Erratically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eractically, irratically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "erratically" (pronounced era"tiklē) |
| 7 | -r a" t i k l ē | democratically. |
| 6 | -a" t i k l ē | automatically, diplomatically, dogmatically, dramatically, ecstatically, emphatically, systematically, thematically, undiplomatically. |
| 5 | -t i k l ē | acoustically, aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, artistically, authentically, characteristically, cosmetically, domestically, drastically, energetically, enthusiastically, euphemistically, fantastically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, linguistically, logistically, optically, phonetically, poetically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, synthetically, uncharacteristically, unrealistically, vertically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-r-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: arterially. | |
-2 letters: aliteracy, artillery, erratical. | |
-3 letters: acrylate, aerially, alacrity, arillate, arterial, carryall, literacy, literary, racially, raillery, rectally, retrally, tailrace. | |
-4 letters: acylate, alertly, allayer, areally, article, carrell, cirrate, clarity, clayier, clearly, erratic, irately, lactary, lacteal, lateral, literal, lyrical, railcar, rallier, reality, recital, retiary, retrial, tallier, tearily, tracery, trailer, treacly, triller. | |
-5 letters: acetal, acetyl, aecial, aerial, aerily. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-r-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: interracially. | |
+3 letters: barometrically, parametrically. | |
+4 letters: architecturally, gravimetrically, intracellularly, intracerebrally, radiometrically. | |
+5 letters: bureaucratically, calorimetrically, intramolecularly, irreplaceability, periphrastically, petrographically, surrealistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 72 61 74 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. .-. .- - .. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r r a t i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0072 0061 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3984846786756967787891 |
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