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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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

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Translations
بصورةٍ غَيْر مُنْتَظَمَه
nepravidelně
szabálytalanul
óreglulega
nepravidelne
çarpık bir biçimdedüzensiz bir şekildekurallara aykırı olarak

irregularly

[ɪˈregjʊləlɪ] ADV
1. (= unevenly) [distribute, arrange, spread] → irregularmente, de manera irregular
irregularly shapedde forma irregular
2. (= spasmodically) [eat, occur] → con irregularidad ; [attend] → de forma poco regular
her heart was beating irregularlysu corazón latía con irregularidad
I see her only irregularlysólo la veo ocasionalmente
3. (= in an unorthodox manner) → de forma poco ortodoxa
payments had been made irregularlyse habían realizado pagos, de forma poco ortodoxa
he had behaved most irregularly in signing the paper himselfel que hubiese firmado el papel él mismo era totalmente contrario a la práctica
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

[ɪˈrɛgjʊrli] adv
[occur, eat] → sporadiquement
irregularly spaced → à intervalles irréguliers
irregularly sized → de taille irrégulière
irregularly shaped → de forme irrégulière
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irregularly

adv
(= unevenly)unregelmäßig ; shapedungleichmäßig ; (= at random intervals) eat, occur, go etcin unregelmäßigen Abständen
(= inadmissibly)unstatthaft; (= against the rules)unvorschriftsmäßig ; (= against the law)ungesetzlich ; (= improperly) behaveungebührlich, ungehörig
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irregular

(iˈregjulə) adjective
1. not happening etc regularly. His attendance at classes was irregular. ongewoon مُتَقَطِّع، غَيْر مُنْتَظَم нередовен irregular nepravidelný unregelmäßig uregelmæssig ακανόνιστος irregular korrapäratu نا مرتب epäsäännöllinen irrégulier לא אָחִיד असम neregularan rendszertelen tidak teratur óreglulegur irregolare 不規則な 불규칙한 nereguliarus neregulārs tidak tetap onregelmatig, ongeregeld uregelmessig nieregularny بى قاعده irregular fără regularitate нерегулярный nepravidelný nereden neredovan oregelbunden ไม่สม่ําเสมอ düzensiz 不規律的 нерегулярний; безладний بے قاعدہ không đều 无规律的
2. not formed smoothly or evenly. irregular handwriting. onreëlmatige غَيْر مُتّسِق، غَيْر نِظامي неравен irregular neuspořádaný unregelmäßig ujævn ανώμαλος irregular korrapäratu نا صاف؛ نامتناسب epäsäännöllinen irrégulier לא סִימֶטרִי अनियमित neuredan egyenetlen tidak rata ójafn irregolare 不ぞろいな 변칙적인 nelygus nelīdzens; nevienmērīgs tidak sekata onregelmatig ujevn, uregelmessig nierówny ناصاف، نا متناسب irregular неровный nerovnaký; nepravidelný neenakomeren neujednačen oregelbunden, ojämn ตะกุกตะกัก çarpık 不平坦的,不工整的 корявий نا ہموار không theo hàng lối 不整齐的
3. contrary to rules. onreëlmatig مُخالِف للأُصول والقَوانين неправилен irregular neregulérní regellos ureglementeret αντικανονικός inadmisible, irregular reeglite vastane بی قانون sääntöjenvastainen irrégulier יוצא מן הכלל अव्यवस्थित protupropisan szabálytalan bertentangan dengan aturan sem brÿtur í bága við lög irregolare 正規でない 비합법적인 netaisyklingas nedisciplinēts; nekārtīgs bertentangan dgn peraturan onregelmatig lovstridig, ureglementert nieprzepisowy د قانون خلاف irregular neregulamentar неправильный protiprávny nepravilen nepravilan oriktig, reglementsvidrig ผิดระเบียบ usulsüz, kurallara aykırı 不合常規的 що порушує правила, незаконний بے ضابطہ không chính quy 不合常规的
4. (in grammar) not formed etc in the normal way. irregular verbs. onreëlmatige werkwoorde غَيْر قِياسي неправилен irregular nepravidelný unregelmäßig uregelmæssig ανώμαλος irregular reeglipäratu بی قاعده epäsäännöllinen irrégulier יוֹצֵא דוֹפֶן सशस्त्र सेना से असंबद्ध nepravilan rendhagyó tidak beraturan óreglulegur irregolare 不規則の 불규칙 변화의 netaisyklingas nekārtns tidak sekata onregelmatig uregelmessig nieregularny بى قاعده irregular neregulat неправильный nepravidelný nepravilen nepravilan oregelbunden ไม่เป็นไปตามกฎ kuralsız, düzensiz 不規則變化的 нерегулярний ضابطے کے خلاف bất quy tắc 不规则变化的
irˈregularly adverb
onreëlmatig بصورةٍ غَيْر مُنْتَظَمَه неправилно irregularmente nepravidelně unregelmäßig uregelmæssigt ακανόνιστα, ανώμαλα irregularmente korrapäratult بطور بی قاعده epäsäännöllisesti irrégulièrement בְּאוֹפֶן לא סָדִיר अनियमितरूपसे nepravilno szabálytalanul, rendszertelenül secara tidak teratur óreglulega irregolarmente 不規則に 불규칙하게 nereguliariai, nelygiai neregulāri; nelīdzeni; nekārtīgi dengan tidak teratur onregelmatig uregelmessig nieregularnie په بى قاعده ډول irregularmente neregulat; fără regula­ritate неправильно nepravidelne nepravilno nepravilno oregelbundet อย่างตะกุกตะกัก düzensiz bir şekilde, çarpık bir biçimde, kurallara aykırı olarak 不規律地 нерегулярно بے ضابطگی سے bất thường 无规律地
irˈreguˈlarity (-ˈla-) noun
(plural irreguˈlarities). onreëlmatigheid عَدَم إنتِظام нередност irregularidade nepravidelnost, neregulérnost die Unregelmäßigkeit uregelmæssighed ανωμαλία, παρατυπία, αντικανονικότητα irregularidad korrapäratus بی قاعدگی epäsäännöllisyys irrégularité אִי סְדִירוּת अनियमितता nepravilnost rendellenesség, szabálytalanság ketidakteraturan óregla, ójafna irregolarità 不規則 불규칙성 nereguliarumas, netaisyklingumas neregularitāte; nelīdzenums; nekārtība tidak sekatanya onregelmatigheid uregelmessighet nieregularność بى قاعده ګى irregularidade iregularitate неправильность nepravidelnosť nepravilnost nepravilnost oregelbundenhet ความผิดปกติ düzensizlik, usulsüzlük 不規律 нерегулярність بے ضابطگی tính không đều 无规律
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It is no doubt irregularly expressed; but it is dated, signed, and witnessed as the law directs; and the perfectly simple and straightforward provisions that it contains are in no respect, that I can see, technically open to attack.
The family home was a few miles from Nashville, Tennessee, a large, irregularly built dwelling of no particular order of architecture, a little way off the road, in a park of trees and shrubbery.
The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade --owing I suppose to his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times --this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt.
In such a crowd you could see on all sides of you nothing but a Line, apparently straight, but of which the parts would vary irregularly and perpetually in brightness or dimness.
The beach was of dull-grey sand, and sloped steeply up to a ridge, perhaps sixty or seventy feet above the sea-level, and irregularly set with trees and undergrowth.
The Tsar's foot, in the narrow pointed boot then fashionable, touched the groin of the bobtailed bay mare he rode, his hand in a white glove gathered up the reins, and he moved off accompanied by an irregularly swaying sea of aides-de-camp.
The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time.
It was a land of huge, dark houses and of garish gin-shops, a land, too, where life moves irregularly and where adventures are to be gained--as the Admiral was to learn to his cost.
There were three things that enabled me to pursue this heavy drinking: first, a magnificent constitution far better than the average; second, the healthy open-air life on the water; and third, the fact that I drank irregularly. While out on the water, we never carried any drink along.
In the left pocket were two black pillars irregularly shaped: we could not, without difficulty, reach the top of them, as we stood at the bottom of his pocket.
The houses of the natives, constructed of the yellow bamboo, tastefully twisted together in a kind of wicker-work, and thatched with the long tapering leaves of the palmetto, are scattered irregularly along these valleys beneath the shady branches of the cocoanut trees.
The projects with which she beguiled her illness, for little Esther's education, and little Esther's marriage, and even for her own old age as the grandmother of little Esther's little Esthers, was so prettily expressive of devotion to this pride of her life that I should be tempted to recall some of them but for the timely remembrance that I am getting on irregularly as it is.

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