as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
the police officer pulled over the driver, who had been spotted driving very erratically
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Recent Examples of erratically
At one point, Haggard said fire rescue treated Kehl, who had been acting erratically.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
In February 2023, Microsoft’s chatbot Bing—built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-4—began acting erratically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Rodrigues, moving erratically, said his brother was sick and called him.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer is behaving very erratically as the country warms, with large changes in some regions, especially the West, and very muted ones in the central and southeast US.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
The civilian was driving erratically and failed to stop and identify themselves at the base's main gate before crashing into a vehicle barrier, the Air Force said.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The Chicago producer also erratically released a lot of music.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
In February 2023, Microsoft’s chatbot Bing—built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-4—began acting erratically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Rodrigues, moving erratically, said his brother was sick and called him.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer is behaving very erratically as the country warms, with large changes in some regions, especially the West, and very muted ones in the central and southeast US.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
The civilian was driving erratically and failed to stop and identify themselves at the base's main gate before crashing into a vehicle barrier, the Air Force said.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The Chicago producer also erratically released a lot of music.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erratically
randomly
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Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Erratically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erratically. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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