er|rat´i|cal|ly

er|rat´i|cal|ly
er|rat|ic «uh RAT ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. not steady; uncertain; irregular: »

An erratic clock is not dependable. An erratic mind jumps from one idea to another.

2. queer; odd: »

erratic ideas, erratic behavior.

 SYNONYM(S): eccentric.
3. having no certain course; wandering: »

an erratic star or planet.

4. Medicine. moving from point to point; changeable: »

erratic rheumatic pains.

5. Geology. having to do with boulders, blocks, or masses of rock that have been transported from their original site to an unusual location as by glacial action.
–n.
1. a wanderer.
2. an eccentric person.
3. Geology. an erratic block or boulder: »

a glacial erratic…scratched and smoothly abraded on one face by ice action (Raymond Cecil Moore).

╂[< Latin errāticus < errāre err, wander]
–er|rat´i|cal|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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