IRREGULARLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

irregularly

adverb

Definition of irregularly

as in randomly

without definite aim, direction, rule, or method attended class only irregularly

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Recent Examples of irregularly Magyar said his administration would retain Orbán-era immigration and asylum policies, including escorting migrants who entered irregularly back across the southern border into Serbia. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Renderings show a brown building and a white building that are irregularly shaped and accented with colorful murals and awnings. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 The court struck down procedural barriers that prevented some people from seeking asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly, lacked asylum transit visas or missed reporting deadlines, the committee said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 The unrest follows an unprecedented surge on July 30 and 31, when more than 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning. — Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026 Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 And since its stranding, the animal has reportedly been breathing irregularly and hardly moving. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 Ehrmann says the problem isn’t just limited to tilt-and-turns but comes up in all kinds of architectural projects that have irregularly shaped windows. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2026

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randomly

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The lottery said scratch-off tickets are distributed randomly, so neither the lottery nor retailers know where winning tickets will be sold until a prize is claimed.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Matos is wanted in the fatal shooting of Chrys Carvajal, a 19-year-old National Guardsman who is believed to have been randomly gunned down over the Fourth of July weekend in 2021, the FBI said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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