What does "irregularly" mean?

In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.

Irregularly

Q: What is a synonym for "irregularly"?

Common synonyms include: at haphazard, at intervals, at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches.

adv

adv ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb

1
In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.
"A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all."

Adverb

1
at an uneven rate wordnet
2
in an inconstant manner, not according to fixed rate or schedule wordnet
3
having an irregular form wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

at haphazard at intervals at irregular intervals at random brokenly by catches

Antonyms

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normally regularly

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"As to the fragments of morality that are irregularly and thinly scattered in those books, they make no part of this pretended thing, revealed religion."

Etymology

From irregular + -ly.

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