irregularlyadv.

/ɪˈrɛɡjʊləli/

Etymology: < irregular adj. and n. + -ly suffix².

In an irregular manner.

1. In a way not according to rule; with deviation from or violation of rule; lawlessly; anomalously, abnormally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour

irregularly1591

exorbitantlya1635

featly1674

unorthodoxically1733

eccentrically1737

unorthodoxly1798

nonconformably1860

kinkily1934

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Irregularmente Irregularly, without rule.

1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 300 There were 8 Aldermen & y^e Recorder most violently & irregularly thrust out of their places.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 17 With daring aims, irregularly great.

1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 827 He considered..that the addition had been irregularly made.

2. Without regularity, symmetry, or uniformity; without order of arrangement, formation, motion, succession, etc.; unevenly; in disorder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb]

confusedly1553

irregularly1595

oddly1597

rudely1656

eccentrically1678

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > without regularity of shape

irregularly1776

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxxiv. sig. E3 Like to a riuer that..breakes his owne bed, Destroies his bounds and ouer-runs by force The neighbour fields irregularly spread.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 36 The contraction is performed very unequally and irregularly.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 276 The soldiers in garrison being paid as irregularly.

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 296 Marked with large, distinct, irregularly shaped spots of black.

1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 252 Irregularly serrated at the edges.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. ii. 19 In some countries rain comes very irregularly and uncertainly.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 167 The islands..lying irregularly and not one behind the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	irregularly
释义	irregularlyadv. /ɪˈrɛɡjʊləli/ Etymology: < irregular adj. and n. + -ly suffix². In an irregular manner. 1. In a way not according to rule; with deviation from or violation of rule; lawlessly; anomalously, abnormally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour irregularly1591 exorbitantlya1635 featly1674 unorthodoxically1733 eccentrically1737 unorthodoxly1798 nonconformably1860 kinkily1934 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Irregularmente Irregularly, without rule. 1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 300 There were 8 Aldermen & y^e Recorder most violently & irregularly thrust out of their places. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 17 With daring aims, irregularly great. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 827 He considered..that the addition had been irregularly made. 2. Without regularity, symmetry, or uniformity; without order of arrangement, formation, motion, succession, etc.; unevenly; in disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] confusedly1553 irregularly1595 oddly1597 rudely1656 eccentrically1678 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > without regularity of shape irregularly1776 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxxiv. sig. E3 Like to a riuer that..breakes his owne bed, Destroies his bounds and ouer-runs by force The neighbour fields irregularly spread. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 36 The contraction is performed very unequally and irregularly. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 276 The soldiers in garrison being paid as irregularly. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 296 Marked with large, distinct, irregularly shaped spots of black. 1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 252 Irregularly serrated at the edges. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. ii. 19 In some countries rain comes very irregularly and uncertainly. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 167 The islands..lying irregularly and not one behind the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.1591
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