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

1. 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 He was eating irregularly and losing weight.

2. asymmetrically, unevenly, lopsidedly an irregularly shaped lake

Translations

irregularly [ɪˈregjʊləlɪ] ADV

1. (= unevenly) [distribute, arrange, spread] → irregularmente, de manera irregular
irregularly shaped → de forma irregular

2. (= spasmodically) [eat, occur] → con irregularidad; [attend] → de forma poco regular
her heart was beating irregularly → su corazón latía con irregularidad
I see her only irregularly → sólo la veo ocasionalmente

3. (= in an unorthodox manner) → de forma poco ortodoxa
payments had been made irregularly → se habían realizado pagos, de forma poco ortodoxa
he had behaved most irregularly in signing the paper himself → el que hubiese firmado el papel él mismo era totalmente contrario a la práctica

irregularly [ɪˈrɛgjʊlə^rli] adv

[occur, eat] → sporadiquement

irregularly spaced → à intervalles irréguliers
irregularly sized → de taille irrégulière
irregularly shaped → de forme irrégulière

irregularly

adv

(= unevenly) → unregelmäßig; shaped → ungleichmäßig; (= at random intervals) eat, occur, go etc → in unregelmäßigen Abständen

(= inadmissibly) → unstatthaft; (= against the rules) → unvorschriftsmäßig; (= against the law) → ungesetzlich; (= improperly) behave → ungebührlich, ungehörig