sporadically

UK: /spəˈrædɪk^əli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

spo•rad•ic /spəˈrædɪk/   adj. 

1. appearing or happening at irregular times;
   occasional:
   sporadic gunfire.

spo•rad•i•cal•ly, adv.: 

The fighting continued sporadically.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

spo•rad•ic  (spə rad′ik), adj. 

1. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:
   sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
3. isolated, as a single instance of something;
   being or occurring apart from others.
4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality:
   the sporadic growth of plants.

Also, spo•rad′i•cal. 

• Greek sporadikós, equivalent. to sporad- (stem of sporás strewn, akin to sporá spore) + -ikos -ic
• Medieval Latin sporadicus
• 1680–90

spo•rad′i•cal•ly, adv. 
spo•rad′i•cal•ness, n. 
spo•ra•dic•i•ty  (spôr′ə dis′i tē, spōr′-), spo′ra•dism, n.  Synonyms

• 3. separate, unconnected.

Antonyms

• 1. continuous.