Meanings
- not comparableAt 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.
2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022Synonyms: intermittently
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAt an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a sporadic manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan esporàdicament
- esporàdicamentIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Finnish satunnaisesti, hajanaisesti
- satunnaisestiIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- hajanaisestiIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- aika-ajoinIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- sporadisestiIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
German sporadisch
- sporadischIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Greek σποραδικά
- σποραδικά (sporadiká)In an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Hungarian szórványosan
- szórványosanIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Norwegian Bokmål sporadisk
- sporadiskIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Persian گهگاه
- گهگاهIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Polish sporadycznie
- sporadycznieIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Portuguese esporadicamente, pontualmente
- esporadicamenteIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- pontualmenteIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Spanish esporádicamente, discontinuamente
- esporádicamenteIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- discontinuamenteIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- intermitentementeIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- a rachasIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- a trompiconesIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Vietnamese lẻ tẻ, lác đác
- lẻ tẻIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
- lác đácIn an occasional, infrequent, or irregular manner
Cite this entry
sporadically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporadically
“sporadically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporadically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sporadically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporadically.
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