Irregularly
[ɪ'rɛgjəlɚli]
Definition
(adv.) in an irregular manner; 'the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened'.
(adv.) in an irregular manner; 'her letters arrived irregularly'.
(adv.) in an irregular manner; 'the patient is breathing irregularly'.
(adv.) having an irregular form; 'irregularly shaped solids'.
Editor: Miriam--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an irregular manner.
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Examples
- He lay in the mud on the side of the embankment, his feet pointing downhill, breathing blood irregularly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Donkin and Bacon proposed placing the types upon a prism, which was to revolve against an irregularly shaped cylinder, on which the paper was to be placed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- When light from any luminous object falls upon books, desks, or dishes, it meets rough surfaces, and hence undergoes diffuse reflection, and is scattered irregularly in all directions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A bayou runs irregularly across this low land, the bottom of which, however, is above the surface of the Big Black at ordinary stages. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Capacities bud and bloom irregularly; there is no even four-abreast development. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The chief of the party were now collected irregularly round the fire, and waiting the final break-up. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Neither of these could be called mirrors, however, because although they reflect light, they reflect it so irregularly that not even a suggestion of an image can be obtained. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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