IRREGULARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irregularly mean? 

• IRREGULARLY (adverb)
  The adverb IRREGULARLY has 4 senses:

1. at an uneven rate

2. having an irregular form

3. in an irregular manner

4. in an irregular manner

  Familiarity information: IRREGULARLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRREGULARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At an uneven rate

Context example:

the patient is breathing irregularly

Antonym:

regularly (in a regular way without variation)

Pertainym:

irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having an irregular form

Context example:

irregularly shaped solids

Antonym:

regularly (having a regular form)

Pertainym:

irregular ((of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In an irregular manner

Synonyms:

irregularly; on an irregular basis

Context example:

her letters arrived irregularly

Antonym:

regularly (in a regular manner)

Pertainym:

irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)

Sense 4

Meaning:

In an irregular manner

Context example:

the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened

Pertainym:

irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)

 Context examples 

Astrocytes (from star cells) are irregularly shaped with many long processes, including those with end feet which form the glial (limiting) membrane and directly and indirectly contribute to the blood brain barrier.

(Murine Astrocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules.

(Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

A lesion which is characterized by an irregularly nodular opalescent wall which has caused it to be termed a "pearly tumor".

(Central Nervous System Epidermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

The chief of the party were now collected irregularly round the fire, and waiting the final break-up.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

An irregularly shaped cavity in the rhombencephalon, between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the isthmus in front, and the cerebellum behind.

(Fourth Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An irregularly shaped, elevated mark on the skin caused by deposits of excessive amounts of collagen during wound healing.

(Keloid, NCI Thesaurus)

An irregularly shaped bone positioned at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid.

(Palatine Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

Irregularly shaped, patchy discolorations in the skin.

(Mottled Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

This disease is characterized by irregularly recurring febrile paroxysms that in extreme cases occur with acute cerebral, renal, or gastrointestinal manifestations.

(Falciparum Malaria, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An uncommon variant of breast adenosis characterized by the presence of irregularly shaped glands, epithelial cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm, and prominent myopepithelial cells.

(Breast Adenomyoepithelial Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)