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sporadically en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English sporadic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sporadically From sporadic + -ally.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.
    • 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. 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022:

Synonyms

intermittently

Translations (21)

pl sporadycznie (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · es esporádicamente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · fi satunnaisesti (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · vi lác đác (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · fi aika-ajoin (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · es intermitentemente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · es discontinuamente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · fi sporadisesti (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · hu szórványosan (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · es a rachas (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · ca esporàdicament (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · fi hajanaisesti (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · pt esporadicamente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · de sporadisch (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · pt pontualmente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · nb sporadisk (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · fa گهگاه (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · gl esporadicamente (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · es a trompicones (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · el σποραδικά (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner) · vi lẻ tẻ (In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner)