sporadically

English

Etymology

sporadic +‎ -ally

Pronunciation

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Adverb

sporadically (not comparable)

1. At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.

Synonyms

• intermittently; see also Thesaurus:discontinuously

Translations

In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner

• Catalan: esporàdicament (ca)
• Finnish: satunnaisesti (fi), hajanaisesti (fi), aika-ajoin, sporadisesti
• Galician: esporadicamente
• German: sporadisch (de)
• Greek: σποραδικά (el) (sporadiká)
• Hungarian: szórványosan (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sporadisk (no)

• Persian: گهگاه (fa)
• Polish: sporadycznie (pl)
• Portuguese: esporadicamente (pt), pontualmente
• Spanish: esporádicamente (es), discontinuamente, intermitentemente, a rachas, a trompicones

Anagrams

• polyradicals