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chaotically, adv.|keɪˈɒtɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a chaotic manner.
1824Byron Def. Transf. i. ii. 318 It [matter] is a stubborn substance, And thinks chaotically, as it acts. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 19 Some huge foolish Whirligig, where kings and beggars..and stars and street-sweepings were chaotically whirled. 1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. i. 28 note, The life..has been..chaotically mis-narrated.
Add: (examples corresponding to *chaos n. 3 c, *chaotic a. 3).
1978Jrnl. Math. Anal. & Applic. LXIII. 202 The question remains then under what conditions will the general problem (1.2) behave chaotically. 1988Times Lit. Suppl. 22 July 800/3 Chaotically fluctuating flow patterns..have long been studied under the name of turbulence. 1994New Scientist 15 Oct. 16/1 The suspicion that three bodies can move chaotically predates the recognition of chaos in mathematics. |