reg'lar

Adjective

regular (comparative more regular, superlative most regular)

1. Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
   • regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.

   Synonyms:

   equable, uniform, unvarying, consistent, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, samely, stable

   Antonyms:

   chaotic, irregular, erratic, fluid, instable, random, rocky, unstable, unsteady, variable

3. Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
4. Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
   • April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.2011 April 12, A[lison] L[ouise] Kennedy, The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   in order, ruly, tidy, all Sir Garnet, Bristol fashion and shipshape, neat, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepence

   Antonyms:

   chaotic, tumultuous, cluttered, disorderly, messy, ree-raw, riotous, sluttish, tempestuous, tumultuary

6. Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.

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