cyclically
Round and round
In a manner that repeats in cycles or follows a recurring pattern.
Economic indicators move cyclically, rising and falling with predictable regularity.
The team's performance has varied cyclically over the past decade.
Related to cyclical, describing processes that return to their starting point.
Happening repeatedly over time
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- regularlyAt fixed intervals
- rhythmicallyWith measured, regular timing
- periodicallyAt recurring intervals
interval · alternating · oscillating · pulsating · fluctuating · sequentially · successively · rotation
Turning around a center
- rotatingTurning on an axis
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- orbitingTraveling around another body
- circlingMoving around a center
spiraling · gyrating · whirling · twirling · turning · swirling · wheeling · looping
recurring
Happening repeatedly over time
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- regularlyAt fixed intervals
- rhythmicallyWith measured, regular timing
periodically · interval · alternating · oscillating · pulsating · fluctuating · sequentially · successively · rotation · pattern
revolving
Turning around a center
circling · spiraling · gyrating · whirling · twirling · turning · swirling · wheeling · looping · circuiting
annually
Once every year
- seasonallyVarying by time of year
- harvestGathering mature crops
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
autumn · spring · summer · winter · equinox · solstice · planting · growth · dormancy · migration
boom-bust
Cyclical economic volatility
contraction · inflation · deflation · market · upturn · downturn · bubble · correction · growth · stagnation
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
cyclicallylinearly
In straight progression
once · unidirectionally · uniquely · one-time · progressively
cyclicallyerratically
In an inconsistent manner
irregularly · randomly · unpredictably · haphazardly · chaotically
- cyclical patternsSequences that repeat regularly