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UNPREDICTABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpredictably mean? 

UNPREDICTABLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNPREDICTABLY has 1 sense:

1. in an erratic unpredictable mannerplay

  Familiarity information: UNPREDICTABLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNPREDICTABLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In an erratic unpredictable manner

Synonyms:

erratically; unpredictably

Context example:

economic changes are proceeding erratically

Pertainym:

unpredictable (not capable of being foretold)


 Context examples 


It was a time of climate extremes that went back and forth unpredictably.

(Big dinosaurs steered clear of the tropics, NSF)

Hyperion (168 miles, 270 kilometers across) rotates chaotically, essentially tumbling unpredictably through space as it orbits Saturn.

(Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion, NASA)



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