unpredictably

«unpredictably» in Mova's school dictionary: In a way that cannot be guessed or known before it happens — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (unpredictably); adjective unpredictable

meaning for a pupil

In a way that cannot be guessed or known before it happens. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used about weather, animals, people's moods, and in science about results that change from time to time. In maths, chance events like dice rolls behave unpredictably one at a time, yet patterns show over many tries.

examples

• The weather changes unpredictably in the mountains. tree →
• The puppy ran unpredictably across the park. tree →
• Prices can rise unpredictably. tree →
• The ball bounced unpredictably off the stone. tree →
• Her mood changed unpredictably all day. tree →
• Each roll of a fair dice lands unpredictably, but over many rolls each number comes up about a sixth of the time. tree →

note

Adverb from unpredictable. Takes «an» before it if a noun follows the adjective (an unpredictable day). Unpredictable does not mean impossible: it means we cannot say in advance.

In the corpora

• Drunk means so much alcohol that balance, speech and judgement stop working properly; drunk people can fall, fight and act unpredictably.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unpredictably» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.