# sporadically

**Pronunciation:** /spəˈrædɪkli/ · spuh-RAD-ik-lee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that occurs at irregular intervals or in different places, without a pattern or plan.

## Examples

- The internet connection failed sporadically, making it impossible to work.
- He would call sporadically, usually when he needed something.
- Wildflowers bloomed sporadically across the meadow after the rain.

## Synonyms

- occasionally — Happening infrequently, but perhaps with more regularity than sporadically.
- intermittently — Stopping and starting again at irregular intervals.
- infrequently — Not happening often.
- erratically — In a way that is not regular or predictable; in a way that lacks consistency.

## Antonyms

- consistently — In a way that is always the same or happens in the same way.
- continuously — Without any pauses or interruptions.
- regularly — At regular intervals; often.

## Collocations

- sporadically appear — New cases of the disease began to appear sporadically in different regions.
- sporadically occur — Power outages occurred sporadically across the city during the storm.
- sporadically distributed — The rare plants were sporadically distributed throughout the forest.

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