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Recent Examples of disjointedly
The game ran poorly, crashed regularly, looked unremarkable, and drove disjointedly.
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Adam Ismail, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
Adam Ismail, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjointedly
Adverb
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The filmmaker shows a strong handle over the film’s fanciful tone and fitfully filthy sense of humor, and he’s credited with composing the film’s score full of squawking brass instruments and skittish strings in addition to writing, directing and editing.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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Bella Ramsey takes a break from killing zombies and avenging father figures, their usual pastimes in series The Last of Us, to fool around and fall in love in Sunny Dancer, a decidedly uneven but fitfully charming, YA-skewed British comedy-drama.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Michael Loria The war with Iran has sparked fighting throughout the Middle East, including in Lebanon where Israel and Iran ally Hezbollah have been fighting intermittently for generations.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Wet, frozen branches can snap unpredictably when under pressure and jagged edges cut through lightweight work gloves.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
15 Mar. 2026
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In dysfunctional families, conflict often arises unpredictably, says O’Callaghan.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
15 Mar. 2026
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In presenting the Best Actor winners, Adrien Brody perfectly, if perhaps unconsciously, echoed Johnson’s remarks from more than 50 years earlier.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Screen or email apnea happens when someone unconsciously holds their breath or breathes more shallowly while looking at their screen to answer emails or texts, explained Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness and meditation teacher at Headspace.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But in solving those challenges, Weir — unintentionally or not — builds out the desires and needs of stirring, compelling characters.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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The two stopped at the red carpet to take photos pictures—and get unintentionally photobombed by Nicole Kidman—and then Sánchez was seen saying something to Bezos, who quickly walked out of the frame.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Hellebuyck misplayed the puck behind the net on a wraparound, inadvertently knocking it out front for Reichel to swat in.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hellebuyck misplayed the puck behind the net on a wraparound, inadvertently knocking it out front for Reichel to swat in.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And Pearl, while making his team’s case Thursday, unwittingly did a fine job of spelling out the ills of expansion as well.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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In one of the play’s loveliest moments, the narrator unwittingly shares his secret project with his college crush, a young woman named Sam who responds in such a compassionate and simpatico manner that a life together is all but assured.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Rivera’s defense team has argued that his gun went off accidentally after Rosen reached into the car and grabbed it, trying to leverage footage from body cameras and surveillance cameras that don’t offer a clear view of the gun or the sergeant’s hands inside the car.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the shooting, Heyward dropped the gun — accidentally shooting herself in the right foot while bending down to pick it up — then walked to the back of the car and removed the license plate, placed it inside, and sped off, deputies say.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Disjointedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointedly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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