sporadically

sporadic | American Dictionary

sporadic
adjective
us/spəˈræd·ɪk/
not happening or appearing in a pattern; not continuous or regular:
She makes sporadic trips to Europe.
The storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region.

sporadically

adverbus/spəˈræd·ɪk·li/
I’ve been working sporadically this year.

Examples of sporadic

sporadic
These results are useful for description of electron-beam propagation in the solar corona, which is a source of sporadic radiation.
These instances were perhaps not that unusual and sporadic.
The present study corroborates the findings of many earlier studies of risk factors for sporadic campylobacter infections in other countries.
The disease mostly caused low mortality, occurring as sporadic episodes of sudden death of a few (<10) suckling or weaned piglets.
In the two decades following the 1934/5 season, the opera received sporadic performances.
Production/clearing models under continuous and sporadic reviews.
The diary also contains more sporadic entries over the following 6-7 months (through the age of 3 years).
Wage cutting in the early 1930s appeared to be almost as competitive as the sporadic wage increases conceded between 1917 and 1919.
Though most vigilantes are small, loosely organised and sporadic, there are some large formal ones as well.
The isolates included sporadic and epidemiologically related strains of both animal and human origin from widespread geographical locations.
The majority of familial cases are clinically and pathologically very similar to sporadic cases, leading to the hypothesis that they share common pathogenic mechanisms.
Sporadic flowers occur throughout the year, but peak flowering occurs during the summer months.
Primary sporadic cases identified during the descriptive investigation were eligible for analysis.
Unlike the contralateral deficits, which grew more severe at subsequent time points, ipsilateral deficits were sporadic and likely due to chance fluctuations in per formance.
Among metaphor theorists, there has been sporadic discussion of data involving proper names.
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