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Definition: ERRATICAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Erratic.[Websters]
2. Being wild. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb erratically.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(erratically)
1. In an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically".[Wordnet].
2. In an eccentric, freakish, strange, quaint or unusual manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In an odd, ragged or uneven manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a particular manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a fantastic, outlandish, imaginative or capricious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a peculiar or queer manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In a weird manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a wayward or temperamental manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In an uncertain or haphazard manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. In a spasmodic or fitful manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Erratical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ERRATICAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Erratic.[Websters]
2. Being wild. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb erratically.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(erratically)
1. In an erratic unpredictable manner; "economic changes are proceeding erratically".[Wordnet].
2. In an eccentric, freakish, strange, quaint or unusual manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In an odd, ragged or uneven manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a particular manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a fantastic, outlandish, imaginative or capricious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a peculiar or queer manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In a weird manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a wayward or temperamental manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In an uncertain or haphazard manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. In a spasmodic or fitful manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ERRATICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: erratically

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adverb] Without rule, order or established method; irregularly.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Adverb] In an erratic manner; unpredictably. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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