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Definitions for sporadically
spo·rad·i·cal·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sporadically, periodicallyadverb

    in a sporadic manner

    "he only works sporadically"

Wiktionary

  1. sporadicallyadverb

    At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency

ChatGPT

  1. sporadically

    Sporadically means occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered, isolated or happening from time to time; not constantly or regularly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sporadicallyadverb

    in a sporadic manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sporadically in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sporadically in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sporadically in a Sentence

  1. Cynthia Sass:

    If you eat fruits, veggies, nuts, whole grains, and beans often, they won't bother you as much as if you eat them sporadically.

  2. West Papuan:

    The separatists started shooting sporadically at joint security forces who were approaching them in front of a honai (traditional Papuan house), after they (security forces) responded with shots, the separatists ran for the woods while shooting indiscriminately.

  3. Steve Smith:

    Mr. Zarauskas is a sporadically employed New Jersey construction worker who likes to go to flea markets, he was never present when a tusk crossed the border, and we think any suggestion that he knew the tusks were illegal is shaky.

  4. Steve Schmidt:

    Outbreaks of avian cholera have occurred sporadically in the region over the past few decades, the important thing is to quickly collect as many of the carcasses as possible, to prevent other birds from feeding on the infected birds.

  5. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:

    Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.

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