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chaotic

[ key-ot-ik ]

/ keɪˈɒt ɪk /

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adjective

completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.

Origin of chaotic

First recorded in 1705–15; chao(s) + -tic

ANTONYMS FOR chaotic

orderly, systematic.

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OTHER WORDS FROM chaotic

cha·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb non·cha·ot·ic, adjective non·cha·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·cha·ot·ic, adjective

sem·i·cha·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb un·cha·ot·ic, adjective un·cha·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby chaotic

chaochow, chaology, chaordic, chaos, chaos theory, chaotic, chaozhou, chap, chap hop, chap stick, chap.

Example sentences from the Web for chaotically

The concert was chaotically virtuosic: an ideal rockist combo.

Is Jack White the Last True Rock Star? |Andrew Romano |June 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yet the difficulty was in capturing the immediacy of a narrative that was chaotically in motion.

Steve Mumford: The Artist Who Went to War |Justin Jones |February 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That openness made the early Google a chaotically fecund operation.

The Google Religion |Josh Dzieza |July 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He must speak as the bird sings, not mechanically, but out of a full heart, yet not chaotically or from random impulses.

Browning and the Dramatic Monologue |S. S. Curry

And everything was flowing in the yard, chaotically mingled; manure and farming implements, staves and straw.

Pictures of Sweden |Hans Christian Andersen