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UNPREDICTABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpredictably mean?
• UNPREDICTABLY (adverb)
The adverb UNPREDICTABLY has 1 sense:
1. in an erratic unpredictable manner
Familiarity information: UNPREDICTABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an erratic unpredictable manner
Synonyms:
erratically; unpredictably
Context example:
economic changes are proceeding erratically
Pertainym:
unpredictable (not capable of being foretold)
Context examples
It was a time of climate extremes that went back and forth unpredictably.
(Big dinosaurs steered clear of the tropics, NSF)
Hyperion (168 miles, 270 kilometers across) rotates chaotically, essentially tumbling unpredictably through space as it orbits Saturn.
(Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion, NASA)
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