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Definition: Sporadically |
SporadicallyAdverb1. In a sporadic manner; "he only works sporadically". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sporadically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
Synonym: SporadicallySynonym: periodically (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sporadically |
| Specialty definitions using "sporadically": chippy user ♦ northern lodgepole needleminer. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | A minor melody on guitar with heavy low tones sporadically played. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Although most cases of Soto's syndrome occur sporadically, familial cases have also been reported. (references) | |
Human cases or outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers caused by these viruses occur sporadically and irregularly. (references) | ||
Between 1976 and 1995, Ebola virus appeared sporadically in Africa, with small to mid-size outbreaks confirmed between 1976 and 1979. In 1995, a large epidemic of Ebola HF occurred in Kikwit, Zaire. (references) | ||
Business | The growth of the market is extremely difficult to estimate as, unlike other goods, environmental products are imported in large bulks sporadically, depending on the number and size of projects and customers' demand, rather than a regular stock order. (references) | |
Children | Georgia | Most children of school age attended school; however, in some places schools do not function or function sporadically because teachers are not paid, and facilities are inadequate. (references) |
Latvia | An estimated 12 to 15 percent of prostitutes are between the ages of 8 and 18. Although in theory the Constitution and the law protect children, these rights are enforced only sporadically in the case of child prostitutes. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Laos | The Government also sporadically monitors e-mail. (references) |
Economic History | Tunisia | THIS LEGISLATION IS ENFORCED ONLY SPORADICALLY. (references) |
Costa Rica | Subsequent smaller service interruptions occurred sporadically in the Central Valley. (references) | |
United Kingdom | However, armed struggle for independence continued sporadically into the 20th century. (references) | |
Human Rights | Fiji | During the year, military and police checkpoints sporadically were set up around the country. (references) |
Liberia | All levels of the court system in Monrovia, including the Supreme Court, functioned sporadically. (references) | |
Comoros | Bans on alcohol and immodest dress are enforced sporadically, usually during religious months, such as Ramadan. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | Security forces did not obstruct political activities related to the Papuan Special Autonomy Law; however, they did sporadically enforce a no-tolerance policy on flying the Papuan flag, until the Special Autonomy Bill passed Parliament, after which time security forces allowed the flying of the flag. (references) |
Political Economy | PANAMA | They are growing sporadically depending on location. (references) |
China | Industrial workers throughout the country continued to organize sporadically to protest layoffs and to demand payment of overdue wages and benefits. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | However, some American exporters of industrial products request advance payment when they sell spare parts, when selling small quantities of raw or intermediate materials, or when they sell sporadically. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | Political demonstrations occur sporadically in urban areas, usually to protest the Ecuadorian Government's handling of the economy. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cyprus | Occupational safety and health regulations are enforced sporadically in the Turkish Cypriot community. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sporadically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sporadically" 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.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sporadically | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sporadically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | случайно (accidentally, at random, by accident, by chance, casually, circumstantially, fortuitously, happily, idly, incidentally, occasionally, on occasion, perchance), спорадично, разпиляно (littery, scatter in all directions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分散地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sporadisch (fitful, fitfully, spasmodic, spasmodically, sporadic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σποραδικώσ, σποραδικά (occasionally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szórványosan (sparsely), hellyel-közzel, elszórtan (sparsely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 点点 (dot, here and there, little by little, scattered in drops, spot), 点々 (dot, here and there, little by little, scattered in drops, spot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"て" (being passed around repeatedly, dot, here and there, little by little, moving from place to place, rolling about, scattered in drops, spot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 산재하. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oradicallyspay sporadic (sporadic). (various references) спорадически. (various references) sporadiskt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Sporadically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sporatically, spordically, spuradically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sporadically" (pronounced spera"diklē) |
| 6 | -a" d i k l ē | radically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, 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-d-i-l-l-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: prosaically. | |
-3 letters: capillary, coalyards, cordially, corydalis, dropsical, paillards, radically, sapodilla. | |
-4 letters: airplays, apically, caporals, capsidal, carloads, coalyard, collards, collyria, cordials, crayolas, diaspora, disloyal, dorsally, lapidary, paillard, palladic, payloads, payrolls, picadors, placards, placidly, placoids, pollards, pyralids, racially, radially, radicals, rascally, sailorly, socially, solidary, spirally, sporadic. | |
-5 letters: acarids, acaroid, acridly, airplay, allodia, alodial, apicals, apsidal, ascarid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-i-l-l-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: rhapsodically. | |
+3 letters: diastrophically, polyacrylamides. | |
+5 letters: radioisotopically. | |
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