All 4 Uses of
erratic
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The Waves
- In the garden the birds that had sung erratically and spasmodically in the dawn on that tree, on that bush, now sang together in chorus, shrill and sharp; now together, as if conscious of companionship, now alone as if to the pale blue sky.†
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- Then another cloud was caught in the light and another and another, so that the waves beneath were arrow-struck with fiery feathered darts that shot erratically across the quivering blue.†
- The windows showed erratically spots of burning fire, the elbow of one branch, and then some tranquil space of pure clarity.†
- Erratically rays of light flashed and wandered, like signals from sunken islands, or darts shot through laurel groves by shameless, laughing boys.†
Definition:
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(erratic) irregular or unpredictable