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nomadically

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no⋅mad⋅ic

  [noh-mad-ik]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nomads.
Origin:
1810–20; < Gk nomadikós. See nomad, -ic

Related forms:
no⋅mad⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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no·mad   (nō'mād')   
n.  

  1. A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

  2. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.


[French nomade, from Latin nomas, nomad-, from Greek nomas, wandering in search of pasture; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
no·mad'ic adj., no·mad'i·cal·ly adv., no'mad'ism n.
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