Meaning & use
Erratically
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In an unpredictable or irregular manner; without a fixed course or pattern.
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The old car's engine sputtered erratically before finally stalling.
Stock prices moved erratically throughout the volatile trading session.
A note on using this word
Erratically comes from the same root as 'erratic' and 'err,' the Latin errare, meaning 'to wander' — the idea of wandering off course underlies all these words.
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