erratically

erratically

English

Etymology

    From erratic + -ally.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæt.ɪk.li/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adverb

    erratically (comparative more erratically, superlative most erratically)

    1. In an erratic manner; unsteadily or randomly, unpredictably.
      When I saw the other driver weaving erratically across the road, I decided to keep my distance.
      • 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 August 2022:
        The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.