ERRATICALLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

erratically

adverb

Definition of erratically

as in randomly

without definite aim, direction, rule, or method the police officer pulled over the driver, who had been spotted driving very erratically

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Recent Examples of erratically Her husband, Bobby Lane, was driving Otwell and their two children from their Wilmar home to the Walmart in Monticello when an Arkansas State Police cruiser coming the opposite direction began behaving erratically. — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026 Adair died in his cell following an altercation with multiple deputies that evening, many of whom testified Adair was being noncompliant and behaving erratically following a visit to the jail’s medical clinic. — Sofi Zeman august 26, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 First, for many years Pyongyang has been inconsistent, often erratically. — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Before impact, the ship had lost electrical power and was moving erratically. — William Bain, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The incident happened on Monday, when police received a call describing a person acting erratically who had allegedly stabbed three people in the 400 block of Morningside Drive in Glen Burnie. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Like a ball bouncing around a pinball machine, an object experiencing chaos will often travel erratically around the entire space. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 This massive confusion led the agents to act erratically and seek solutions everywhere. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 The El Niño climate pattern materializes erratically every two to seven years and can last up to a year. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

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randomly

Adverb

In another, they were instructed to answer the questions randomly.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The bowls moved around the water and randomly collided with one another.

— Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of randomly

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