regularity
Americannoun
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the fact or quality of happening at fixed or predictable intervals.
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the fact or quality of happening habitually, routinely, or frequently.
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a uniform or even quality.
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a well-ordered or methodical quality.
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the fact or quality of conforming to a rule, prescribed procedure, principle, etc.
Other Word Forms
Explanation
Something that happens with regularity is typical and expected. Fashion trends change with regularity, which is great for stores that want to sell you a new wardrobe every year. Regularity is the quality of being stable and predictable. If you exercise with regularity, you might work out every day. If your car breaks down with regularity, then you're probably used to taking the bus. If you add the prefix ir- to this word, you get irregularity — something unusual, out of the ordinary, or unexpected.
Vocabulary lists containing regularity
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The Postclassical Period, c. 600 CE to c. 1450
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Example Sentences
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Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,000 miles west of Ecuador, a seafloor fault has been producing magnitude 6 earthquakes with striking regularity for at least 30 years.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The Lakers should use James’ $52.6-million salary to sign long, athletic players who can drain threes with regularity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
He praises Ms. Rodríguez with regularity and says she’s doing a “great job.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
For some context, I do a no-spend week in the kitchen with some regularity.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
These, Bono illuminates for me in asides, and for the first time, I fully comprehended the magnitude of human story in our endeavor and the intricacies stashed like clockwork behind the regularity of our uniforms.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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