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er·rat·ic  (-rtk)
adj.
1. Having no fixed or regular course; wandering.
2. Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity: an erratic heartbeat.
3. Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behavior.
[Middle English erratik, from Old French erratique, from Latin errticus, from errre, to wander; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
er·rati·cal·ly adv.
er·rati·cism (--szm) n.
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Adv.1.erraticallyerratically - in an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically"
unpredictably
Translations
erratically [ɪˈrætɪkəlɪ] ADV [behave] → de forma imprevisible; [work, drive, play] → de modo irregular; [breathe] → de forma irregular, irregularmente
his heart was beating erratically → su corazón latía irregularmente or de forma irregular
erratically [ɪˈrætɪkli] adv [drive] → de manière imprévisible
erratically
adv behave, drive → unberechenbar; to work erratically (person) → ungleichmäßig arbeiten; (machine) → unregelmäßig arbeiten; the erratically brilliant hockey team → die hervorragende, jedoch sehr wechselhaft spielende Hockey-Mannschaft
erratically [ɪˈrætɪk/əlɪ] adv → in modo erratico
erratically [ɪˈrætɪk/əlɪ] adv → in modo erratico


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Scarcely had I seen them than a volley of shots was directed at me, and with the almost unfailing accuracy of their aim my little craft was instantly a ruined wreck, sinking erratically to the ground.
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While he waited among the branches and foliage of a near-by tree he searched the village constantly with his keen eyes, and twice he circled it, sniffing the vagrant breezes which puffed erratically from first one point of the compass and then another.
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