sporadic
adjective /spəˈræd.ɪk/Definition
› happening sometimes; not regular or continuous: sporadic gunfire a sporadic electricity supply More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. → Synonym occasionalFrequency and regularity - general words sporadically /-ɪ.kəl.i/ adverb Frequency and regularity - general words
(Definition of sporadic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) regular as clockwork idiom
- -ly suffix (ADVERB)
- as often as not idiom
- erratic adjective
- fitful adjective
- frequency noun (HAPPENING)
- frequent adjective
- intermittent adjective
- irregular adjective (TIME/SPACE)
- irregularity noun (TIME/SPACE)
- like clockwork idiom
- many a time idiom
- oft adverb
- often adverb
- on and off idiom
- periodic adjective
- periodically adverb
- regular adjective (EVEN)
- regular adjective (OFTEN)
- religiously adverb
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