sporadically

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sporadically

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English sporadic

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ly

Middle English -ally

English -ally

English sporadically

From sporadic + -ally.

adverb

  1. not comparable At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency. Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.

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