as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
the police officer pulled over the driver, who had been spotted driving very erratically
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Recent Examples of erratically
Police had also received a call from a witness about a truck driving erratically at five miles per hour.
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Finch Walker, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Doctors determined Parker had not given birth Minutes later, a state trooper pulled Parker over for driving erratically.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Deputies were called to a gas station in Brooksville, north of Tampa, on June 9 to investigate reports that a woman was yelling at customers, behaving erratically and was disrupting the business.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 12 June 2026
In 2020, a Texas state trooper pulled over a woman named Taylor Parker for driving erratically.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
But Pyongyang also at times acts inconsistently, sometimes erratically.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Police said an Oakland Housing Authority officer saw the vehicle driving erratically and tried initially to stop it.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Ava demands, driving erratically through city traffic in a stick-shift that barely fits the two of them.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Beyond the court filings, neighbors also described Baker acting erratically in the days before the killings.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Finch Walker, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Doctors determined Parker had not given birth Minutes later, a state trooper pulled Parker over for driving erratically.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Deputies were called to a gas station in Brooksville, north of Tampa, on June 9 to investigate reports that a woman was yelling at customers, behaving erratically and was disrupting the business.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 12 June 2026
In 2020, a Texas state trooper pulled over a woman named Taylor Parker for driving erratically.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
But Pyongyang also at times acts inconsistently, sometimes erratically.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Police said an Oakland Housing Authority officer saw the vehicle driving erratically and tried initially to stop it.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Ava demands, driving erratically through city traffic in a stick-shift that barely fits the two of them.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Beyond the court filings, neighbors also described Baker acting erratically in the days before the killings.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erratically
randomly
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Upping the supernatural Hammer horror effect of Skrilla’s Zombie Love Kensington Paradise, Happy randomly flaps his lips, shifts his pitch and the tempo of his flow, and sounds like a disembodied voice rapping from inside of a suffocating fog.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Dec. 2025
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Adelman, who is among the most liberal judges in the country, was randomly selected to hear the case.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Erratically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erratically. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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