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erratically

[ ih-rat-ik-lee ]

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adverb

in a way that deviates from what is normal or proper:
When other employees noticed she was behaving erratically, the store installed cameras and caught her stealing pills.
without any definite direction or pattern; in an irregular or inconsistent way:
The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm.
Since I was fourteen I've kept a journal, albeit somewhat erratically at times.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of erratically¹

First recorded in 1610–20; erratic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

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As archaeologists used to reconstructing the past from the fragments left behind, the erratically preserved remnants of our house are a sobering reminder of how many of a site’s most meaningful objects simply disappear.

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The slain man, 40-year-old Yong Yang, had been diagnosed as bipolar and was acting erratically inside his family’s apartment when the shooting occurred.

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Several witness statements read out in court said Mr Woods, an ex-RAF pilot, had been driving erratically along the M6 northbound.

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He was later spotted travelling erratically and drifting across lanes on the northbound M6.

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A customer suddenly, and erratically, turned and reversed his SUV into the dealership showroom on Saturday afternoon.

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