Used in a Sentence

erratically

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for erratically.

Editorial note

You find Gimp's core menus erratically organized or the extension/plugin menus erratically organized?

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.

Meaning at a glance

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adverb

In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for erratically.

adverb

In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.

Example sentences

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You find Gimp's core menus erratically organized or the extension/plugin menus erratically organized?

2

The rules about titles on Hacker News are both stupidly strict and then erratically enforced: a bad combination.

3

They tend to freak out or drive erratically if honked at even if they deserve it.

4

My current mouse has been erratically double clicking and I've been waiting for the new Apple mouse.

5

As soon as I sped up siren comes on I get pulled over 'for driving erratically'.

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For some reason the social media share thing opens and closes erratically.

7

Looking down, driving erratically, either too fast or too slow, etc.

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Everything from Lastpass to Vimperator to Ghostery is behaving erratically.

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I don't know how long I've spent searching Gimp's erratically organised menus.

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But innovation happens very erratically and in spurts.

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Yes, it's easy and potentially disastrous to misuse extend erratically, but used sanely there should never be side effects and your compiled css should be smaller than otherwise.

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What happens when someone driving an older car exhibits abnormal behavior (because some people don't drive like erratically) and it gets close to a bunch of V2V enabled cars?

Quote examples

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| Being holed up in a sniper's nest during a shooting war and taking out human targets that are aware of your presence and either shooting back directly or trying to relay your position to better placed or equipped comrades and all the while moving fast and erratically" That's not deer hunting, that's duck hunting.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use erratically in a sentence?

You find Gimp's core menus erratically organized or the extension/plugin menus erratically organized?

What does erratically mean?

In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.

What part of speech is erratically?

erratically is commonly used as adverb.