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ir·reg·u·lar
(ĭ-rĕg′yə-lər)adj.
1. Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice: irregular hiring practices.
2. Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention: an irregular marriage.
3. Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical: irregular facial features.
4. Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration: an irregular heartbeat.
5. Deviating from a type; atypical.
6. Botany Having differing floral parts, as of a zygomorphic or asymmetric flower.
7. Falling below the manufacturer's standard or usual specifications; imperfect.
8. Grammar Departing from the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation, as the present forms of the verb be or the plural noun children.
9. Not belonging to a permanent, organized military force: irregular troops.
n.
1. One, such as an item of merchandise, that is irregular.
2. A soldier, such as a guerrilla, who is not a member of a regular military force.
ir·reg′u·lar·ly adv.
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| Adv. | 1. | irregularly - in an irregular manner; "the patient is breathing irregularly" regularly - in a regular way without variation; "try to breathe evenly" |
| 2. | irregularly - having an irregular form; "irregularly shaped solids" regularly - having a regular form; "regularly shaped objects" | |
| 3. | irregularly - in an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly" on a regular basis, regularly - in a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children" | |
| 4. | irregularly - in an irregular manner; "the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened" |
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irregularly
adverb
1. erratically, occasionally, now and again, intermittently, off and on, anyhow, unevenly, fitfully, haphazardly, eccentrically, spasmodically, jerkily, in snatches, out of sequence, by fits and starts, disconnectedly, unmethodically, unpunctually He was eating irregularly and losing weight.
2. asymmetrically, unevenly, lopsidedly an irregularly shaped lake
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Translations
بصورةٍ غَيْر مُنْتَظَمَه
nepravidelně
szabálytalanul
óreglulega
nepravidelne
çarpık bir biçimdedüzensiz bir şekildekurallara aykırı olarak
irregularly
[ɪˈregjʊləlɪ] ADV1. (= unevenly) [distribute, arrange, spread] → irregularmente, de manera irregular
irregularly shaped → de forma irregular
irregularly shaped → de forma irregular
2. (= spasmodically) [eat, occur] → con irregularidad; [attend] → de forma poco regular
her heart was beating irregularly → su corazón latía con irregularidad
I see her only irregularly → sólo la veo ocasionalmente
her heart was beating irregularly → su corazón latía con irregularidad
I see her only irregularly → sólo la veo ocasionalmente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
irregularly
[ɪˈrɛgjʊlərli] adv [occur, eat] → sporadiquement
irregularly spaced → à intervalles irréguliers
irregularly sized → de taille irrégulière
irregularly shaped → de forme irrégulière
irregularly sized → de taille irrégulière
irregularly shaped → de forme irrégulière
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
irregularly
adv
(= unevenly) → unregelmäßig; shaped → ungleichmäßig; (= at random intervals) eat, occur, go etc → in unregelmäßigen Abständen
(= inadmissibly) → unstatthaft; (= against the rules) → unvorschriftsmäßig; (= against the law) → ungesetzlich; (= improperly) behave → ungebührlich, ungehörig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
irregular
(iˈregjulə) adjective1. not happening etc regularly. His attendance at classes was irregular.
2. not formed smoothly or evenly. irregular handwriting.
3. contrary to rules.
4. (in grammar) not formed etc in the normal way. irregular verbs.
irˈregularly adverbirˈreguˈlarity (-ˈla-) noun
(plural irreguˈlarities).
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