adv
Meaning 1
In a chaotic manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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chaotically
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a manner suggestive of chaos
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the room was chaotically disorganized
Meaning relationships
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adverb
Meaning 3
in a wild and confused manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the drugged man was talking chaotically
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English chaotic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English chaotically From chaotic + -ally.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: քաոսայնորեն (kʻaosaynoren) — In a chaotic manner
- Catalan: caòticament — In a chaotic manner
- Finnish: kaoottisesti — In a chaotic manner
- Finnish: sekasortoisesti — In a chaotic manner
- French: chaotiquement — In a chaotic manner
- Galician: caoticamente — In a chaotic manner
- German: chaotisch — In a chaotic manner
- Italian: caoticamente — In a chaotic manner
- Javanese: abosah-basih — In a chaotic manner
- Polish: chaotycznie — In a chaotic manner
- Portuguese: caoticamente — In a chaotic manner
- Russian: хаоти́чески (xaotíčeski) — In a chaotic manner
- Scots: tapsalteerie — In a chaotic manner
- Spanish: caóticamente — In a chaotic manner