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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 irregularly [ɪˈrɛgjʊlərli] 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is no doubt irregularly expressed; but it is dated, signed, and witnessed as the law directs; and the perfectly simple and straightforward provisions that it contains are in no respect, that I can see, technically open to attack. The family home was a few miles from Nashville, Tennessee, a large, irregularly built dwelling of no particular order of architecture, a little way off the road, in a park of trees and shrubbery. In such a crowd you could see on all sides of you nothing but a Line, apparently straight, but of which the parts would vary irregularly and perpetually in brightness or dimness. |
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