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sporadically

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spo·rad·ic  (sp-rdk, spô-) also spo·rad·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Appearing singly or at widely scattered localities, as a plant or disease.
3. Isolated; unique: a sporadic example.

[Medieval Latin sporadicus, scattered, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas, sporad-; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

spo·radi·cal·ly adv.
spo·radi·cal·ness n.
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Adv.1.sporadically - in a sporadic manner; "he only works sporadically"
Translations
sporadically [spəˈrædɪkəlɪ] ADVesporádicamente
sporadically [spəˈrædɪkəli] advsporadiquement, de manière sporadique
sporadically
advsporadisch; (= occasionally also)gelegentlich; snow fell sporadicallyes fiel vereinzelt Schnee
sporadically [spəˈrædɪklɪ] adv (attempt, fire) → sporadicamente; (work) → saltuariamente; (function) → in modo discontinuo


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The women he had known, when they sporadically fired a rifle or revolver, usually shrieked, shut their eyes, and blazed away into space.
Further, having affirmed that he would be beholden to none of them, he got the contract to carry the United States mail, twice a week, from Kelterville up over Tarwater Mountain to Old Almaden--which was a sporadically worked quick-silver mine in the upland cattle country.
 
 
 
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