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Definition: Irregularly |
IrregularlyAdverb1. In an irregular manner; "the patient is breathing irregularly". 2. Having an irregular form: "irregularly shaped solids". 3. In an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly". 4. In an irregular manner; "the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "irregularly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
Synonym: IrregularlySynonym: on an irregular basis (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: regularly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disorder | Adverb: irregularly; Adjective: by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts; pellmell; higgledy-piggledy; helter-skelter, harum-scarum; in a ferment; at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes; upside down. |
Irregularity of recurrence | Adverb: irregularly; Adjective: by fits and starts; (discontinuously). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was then a thought which had poured itself out there, sigh by sigh, irregularly, without order, without choice, without aim, at hazard. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The heart may seem to skip a beat or beat irregularly or very fast or very slowly. (references) | |
Human cases or outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers caused by these viruses occur sporadically and irregularly. (references) | ||
Business | In main cities, waste is irregularly collected and collection is literally absent in suburbs. (references) | |
Children | Armenia | However, many facilities are impoverished and in poor condition, and teachers are forced to tutor pupils privately to supplement salaries that are low and paid irregularly. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Grenada | There are three weekly newspapers, and several other newspapers publish irregularly. (references) |
Liberia | In Monrovia eight newspapers were published during the year, although some published very irregularly. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | Considerable amounts are irregularly obtained from neighboring countries. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | Some 40 Spanish trawlers ply the coast off Malabo, irregularly supplying some red snapper and mackerel to the local market while taking large quantities of tuna, shrimp and lobster to Spain. (references) | |
Ecuador | Phytosanitary constrains such as vacuum fumigation and the irregularly enforced requirement that cotton originate from areas free from certain diseases, continue to hamper cotton exports to Ecuador. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | Prison inmates were allowed outside their cells for recreation or exercise only irregularly, and many inmates had to provide their own food. (references) |
Political Rights | Bhutan | The National Assembly, which meets irregularly, has little independent authority. (references) |
Korea | Elections to the SPA and to provincial, city, and county assemblies are held irregularly. (references) | |
Women | Yemen | Although the regulation does not have the force of law and is applied irregularly, some human rights groups have raised concerns about it. The Government consistently supports women's rights and the expansion of the public role of women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Philippines | Typically they come from families with unemployed or irregularly employed parents. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Licentious blockades, irregularly enlisted or impressed sea men, and the property of honest commerce seized with violence, and even plundered under legal pretenses, are disorders never separable from the conflicts of war upon the ocean. |
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| "Irregularly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Irregularly" is used about 135 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% | 135 | 27,360 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "irregularly": ad irregularly. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "irregularly": irregularly-shaped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "irregularly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不规则地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | i et tvaersnit gennem kernematerialet ligger de martensitiske omraader,der er rige paa nikkel,ikke i baand,men er uregelmaessigt blandet med ferritisk-perlitiske omraader (and occur among ferrite-pearlite areas, are not arranged in bands but are irregularly distributed, in the transverse section from the centre of the bar, the martensitic areas, which are rich in nickel), underkorngraenserne forloeber uregelmaessigt inde i et ferritkorn og danner et net med uensartet maskevidde (producing a network of non-uniform boundaries, the subgrain boundaries form irregularly inside a ferrite grain), spredt beplantning (irregularly planted orchard), replikaen viser en elektrokemisk isoleret cementitlamel;den er uregelmaessig af form og loeber paa den side ud i smalle baand,tillige er den nogle steder gennemhullet (the relief replica shows an electrochemically isolated cementite lamella; it is irregularly shaped and has a comb-like appearance at one side; in some places it is perforated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | in de dwarsdoorsnede van de kern van de staaf zijn de martensietgebieden,die rijk aan nikkel zijn,niet in de banen georiënteerd maar onregelmatig tussen de ferriet-perlietgebieden verdeeld (and occur among ferrite-pearlite areas, are not arranged in bands but are irregularly distributed, in the transverse section from the centre of the bar, the martensitic areas, which are rich in nickel), verspreide aanplanting (irregularly planted orchard), de sub-korrelgrenzen worden binnen één ferrietkorrel onregelmatig gevormd en bouwen een onregelmatig netwerk (producing a network of non-uniform boundaries, the subgrain boundaries form irregularly inside a ferrite grain), de reliëfreplica toont een elektrochemisch geïsoleerde cementietlamel;deze is onregelmatig gevormd en bestaat aan een zijde uit smalle banen;op enkele plaatsen is de lamel geperforeerd (the relief replica shows an electrochemically isolated cementite lamella; it is irregularly shaped and has a comb-like appearance at one side; in some places it is perforated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | irrégulièrement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unvorschriftsmäßig (incorrectly, irregular), unstatthaft (illegal, inadmissible, irregular, not allowed), unregelmäßige, unregelmäßig (abnormal, anomalous, casual, erratic, fitful, irregular, sporadic, uneven, unsteady), ungleichmäßig (inconsistently, irregular, patchy, unequally, uneven, unevenly, unintegrated), ungesetzlich (illegal, illegally, irregular, unlawful, wrongous), ungehörig (impertinent, improper, indelicate, indelicately, irregular, unbecoming, unfilial, unmannerly, unseemlily, unseemly, untoward), ungebührlich (improper, irregular, uncalled for, undue, unduely, unseemly), uneben (broken, bumpy, irregular, jolty, rough, uneven). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανώμαλα (abnormally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | i bordi dei sub-grani corrono irregolarmente nell'interno di un grano di ferrite, formando una rete a maglie disuguali (producing a network of non-uniform boundaries, the subgrain boundaries form irregularly inside a ferrite grain), nella sezione dell'anima la aree martensitiche ricche di nichel sono disposte non a bande ma irregolarmente tra quelle ferritico-perlitiche (and occur among ferrite-pearlite areas, are not arranged in bands but are irregularly distributed, in the transverse section from the centre of the bar, the martensitic areas, which are rich in nickel), la replica mostra una lamella di cementite isolata elettrochimicamente che ha bordi irregolari, si estende da una parte in strisce sottili e inoltre in alcuni punti è perforata (the relief replica shows an electrochemically isolated cementite lamella; it is irregularly shaped and has a comb-like appearance at one side; in some places it is perforated), frutteti dispersi (irregularly planted orchard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ある動詞 (genitals, irregularly conjugating honorific verb, menses, since then, that, that thing, this and that, to that degree, to that extent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あるどうし (irregularly conjugating honorific verb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불규칙하게 (atypically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irregularlyay plantação dispersa (irregularly planted orchard), os sub-limites de grão seguem um traçado bastante irregular no interior do grão de ferrite e formam uma rede de rachas desiguais (producing a network of non-uniform boundaries, the subgrain boundaries form irregularly inside a ferrite grain), numa secção transversal no centro,as zonas martensíticas ricas em níquel não estão dispostas em bandas mas estão irregularmente misturadas com as zonas de ferrite-perlite (and occur among ferrite-pearlite areas, are not arranged in bands but are irregularly distributed, in the transverse section from the centre of the bar, the martensitic areas, which are rich in nickel), a impressão directa mostra uma lamela de cementite isolada por via electroquímica;os contornos são irregulares e a lamela prolonga-se de um dos lados por tentáculos estreitos;em certos pontos apresenta-se furada (the relief replica shows an electrochemically isolated cementite lamella; it is irregularly shaped and has a comb-like appearance at one side; in some places it is perforated). (various references) neregulat (broken, disorderly, erratic, fitful, irregular, odd, patchy, ragged, rugged, scraggy, snatchy, unequal, uneven). (various references) irregularmente. (various references) düzensizce (chaotically, hugger mugger, huggermugger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incomposite. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "irregularly" (pronounced ire"gyulerlē) |
| 9 | -r e" g y u l er l ē | regularly. |
| 7 | -g y u l er l ē | singularly. |
| 6 | -y u l er l ē | circularly, extracellularly, particularly, popularly, spectacularly. |
| 5 | -u l er l ē | similarly. |
| 4 | -l er l ē | scholarly. |
| 3 | -er l ē | bitterly, brotherly, cleverly, disorderly, eagerly, easterly, elderly, entirely, fatherly, formerly, gingerly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, improperly, lawyerly, leisurely, linearly, masterly, miserly, motherly, neighborly, northeasterly, northerly, northwesterly, orderly, overly, painterly, peculiarly, properly, quarterly, soberly, somberly, southerly, tenderly, utterly, Weatherly, westerly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-r-r-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: guerrilla, irregular, regularly. | |
-3 letters: guerilla, raillery. | |
-4 letters: agilely, allergy, allurer, gallery, glarier, griller, largely, ligulae, ligular, rallier, regally, regular, rurally. | |
-5 letters: aerily, allure, arguer, argyle, argyll, galley, giller, glaire, glairy, gluier, gluily, grayer, grille, gulley, irreal, larger, laurel, ligula, ligule, ligure, railer, rallye, rarely, really, reguli, rulier, uglier, uglily, ullage. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 72 72 65 67 75 6C 61 72 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. . --. ..- .-.. .- .-. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01110010 01100101 01100111 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r r e g u l a r l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 0072 0065 0067 0075 006C 0061 0072 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4384847173877867847891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danez, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, neamţ, alemán, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, grego, greacã, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonezã, japonés, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonezã, japonés, Japonca |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, coreano, kore'li |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, portughez, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, 루마니아, romeno, român, rumano |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turcesc, turc, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, englezesc, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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