irregularly

ir·reg·u·lar  (-rgy-lr)

adj.

1. Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice: irregular hiring practices.

2. Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention: an irregular marriage.

3. Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical: irregular facial features.

4. Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration: an irregular heartbeat.

5. Deviating from a type; atypical.

6. Botany Having differing floral parts, as of a zygomorphic or asymmetrical flower.

7. Falling below the manufacturer's standard or usual specifications; imperfect.

8. Grammar Departing from the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation, as the present forms of the verb be or the plural noun children.

9. Not belonging to a permanent, organized military force: irregular troops.

n.

1. One, such as an item of merchandise, that is irregular.

2. A soldier, such as a guerrilla, who is not a member of a regular military force.

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ir·regu·lar·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	irregularly - in an irregular manner; "the patient is breathing irregularly" regularly - in a regular way without variation; "try to breathe evenly"
	2.	irregularly - having an irregular form; "irregularly shaped solids" regularly - having a regular form; "regularly shaped objects"
	3.	irregularly - in an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly" on an irregular basis on a regular basis, regularly - in a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children"
	4.	irregularly - in an irregular manner; "the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened"

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irregularly

adverb erratically, occasionally, now and again, intermittently, off and on, anyhow, unevenly, fitfully, haphazardly, eccentrically, spasmodically, jerkily, in snatches, out of sequence, by fits and starts, disconnectedly, unmethodically, unpunctually