erratically

English

Etymology

From erratic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæt.ɪk.li/
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Adverb

erratically (comparative more erratically, superlative most erratically)

  1. In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.
    When I saw the other driver weaving erratically across the road, I decided to keep my distance.
    • 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 August 2022:
      The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
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