as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
attended class only irregularly
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Recent Examples of irregularly
Other areas will use cluster planting, with trees grouped irregularly and open space between them, mimicking the look of a healthy forest.
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Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
This is a condition where the heart’s upper chamber beats irregularly and fast.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
In that moment, Bush formalized something that had been going on irregularly under Presidents around Thanksgiving time for more than a century.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Many of his policies mirror those of the US president, including his proposal to close the borders and remove some 300,000 people who entered Chile irregularly.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Located on Avenida Eixo Monumental (Monumental Axis), the city’s central avenue, the highrise hotel has an unexpected façade, with windows arranged irregularly.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
This typically occurs in galaxies that have massive, dusty disks, are irregularly shaped, or that either are now interacting with or have recently gravitationally interacted with a massive neighbor.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
Today, nearly all migrants that arrive irregularly at the border are barred from seeking protection at the border and most are detained and processed for deportation.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Both moons are irregularly shaped.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
This is a condition where the heart’s upper chamber beats irregularly and fast.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
In that moment, Bush formalized something that had been going on irregularly under Presidents around Thanksgiving time for more than a century.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Many of his policies mirror those of the US president, including his proposal to close the borders and remove some 300,000 people who entered Chile irregularly.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Located on Avenida Eixo Monumental (Monumental Axis), the city’s central avenue, the highrise hotel has an unexpected façade, with windows arranged irregularly.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
This typically occurs in galaxies that have massive, dusty disks, are irregularly shaped, or that either are now interacting with or have recently gravitationally interacted with a massive neighbor.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
Today, nearly all migrants that arrive irregularly at the border are barred from seeking protection at the border and most are detained and processed for deportation.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Both moons are irregularly shaped.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularly
randomly
Adverb
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In theory, people investing their money may be closely following certain events, but others could just be randomly guessing.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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And then randomly pick people up off the street after that.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Irregularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularly. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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