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erratically

[ih-rat-ik-lee] / ɪˈræt ɪk li /
ADVERB
intermittently
Synonyms


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This year hasn’t resembled 2025 at all, trading erratically at best.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Last month, Spears was reported to authorities for driving her BMW "erratically at a high rate of speed" on a motorway, California Highway Patrol said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Shortly after, deputies responded to reports of a man acting erratically on the football field at Newbury Park High School, about a mile away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“Markets can gyrate and change their opinions regularly, erratically, and are often quite wrong,” said Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, in emailed comments Friday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

An electric cat: it lay in the plastic dust-proof carrying cage in the rear of the truck and panted erratically.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick