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sporadically

sporadically adverb: at an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.

Adverb

sporadically (not comparable)

  1. 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

sporadically meaning in Tamil, Persian and Vietnamese

sporadically in Tamil

தென்னந்தெளியலாக

sporadically in Persian

In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
گهگاه

sporadically in Vietnamese

In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
lẻ tẻ, lác đác

Synonyms of sporadically

Origin of sporadically

From sporadic + -ally.

Questions about sporadically

What does sporadically mean?
Sporadically means at an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.
What is sporadically in Tamil?
Sporadically in Tamil is தென்னந்தெளியலாக. See Sporadically meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sporadically?
Sporadically is an adverb.

Words near sporadically in the dictionary

  1. sporadic
  2. sporadic E
  3. sporadic group
  4. sporadic groups
  5. sporadical
  6. sporadically
  7. sporadicalness
  8. sporadicity
  9. sporadick
  10. sporadicness
  11. sporadism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sporadically (page history and authors); sporadically (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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