as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
attended class only irregularly
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Recent Examples of irregularly
Odd pieces that are too small or irregularly shaped to cut into sashimi can be easily minced for spicy poke.
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Stella Fong, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Currently, Yellowstone’s geyser watch notes that Echinus is continuing to erupt irregularly and that each eruption lasts for 3 to 5 minutes and reaches around 30 feet in height.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
—Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
—Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Other areas will use cluster planting, with trees grouped irregularly and open space between them, mimicking the look of a healthy forest.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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
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
Stella Fong, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Currently, Yellowstone’s geyser watch notes that Echinus is continuing to erupt irregularly and that each eruption lasts for 3 to 5 minutes and reaches around 30 feet in height.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
—Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
—Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Other areas will use cluster planting, with trees grouped irregularly and open space between them, mimicking the look of a healthy forest.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularly
randomly
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Will Arnett appears in the last two episodes as an unorthodox — think Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, only less Jewish — New York City shrink whose attractiveness everybody randomly comments on, almost-but-not-quite saving the urban portions of those episodes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Half were randomly assigned to eat a daily cup of mango and a daily cup of avocado, while the other half ate different foods that provided the same number of calories.—
Currie Engel,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Irregularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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