sporadically


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spo·rad·ic

 (spə-răd′ĭk, spô-)
adj.
1. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order: his sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Medicine Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition: Most cancers are sporadic, caused by genetic mutations that are not heritable.
[Medieval Latin sporadicus, scattered, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas, sporad-; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
spo·rad′i·cal·ly adv.
spo·rad′i·cal·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.sporadically - in a sporadic manner; "he only works sporadically"
periodically
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sporadically

adverb
1. Once in a while; at times:
betimes, intermittently, occasionally, periodically, sometimes.
Idioms: ever and again, now and again.
2. At rare intervals:
infrequently, little, occasionally, rarely, seldom.
Idioms: hardly ever, once in a blue moon.
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sporadically

[spəˈrædɪkəlɪ] ADV → esporádicamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sporadically

[spəˈrædɪkəli] adv → sporadiquement, de manière sporadique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sporadically

adv → sporadisch; (= occasionally also) → gelegentlich; snow fell sporadically → es fiel vereinzelt Schnee
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sporadically

[spəˈrædɪk/əlɪ] adv (attempt, fire) → sporadicamente; (work) → saltuariamente; (function) → in modo discontinuo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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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.
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