All 4 Uses of
erratic
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- To Boldwood women had been remote phenomena rather than necessary complements—comets of such uncertain aspect, movement, and permanence, that whether their orbits were as geometrical, unchangeable, and as subject to laws as his own, or as absolutely erratic as they superficially appeared, he had not deemed it his duty to consider.†
Chpt 16-18
- "Keep it—do, Miss Everdene—keep it!" said the erratic child of impulse.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- Her heart erratically flitting hither and thither from perplexed excitement, hot, and almost tearful, she retreated homeward, murmuring, "Oh, what have I done!†
Chpt 25-27
- Unfortunately the erratic crumb did not improve his narrative powers, and a supplementary hindrance was that of a sneeze, jerking from his pocket his rather large watch, which dangled in front of the young man pendulum-wise.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(erratic) irregular or unpredictable