errantly

Variant of errant

adjective

  1. roving or wandering, esp. in search of adventure; itinerant: a knight-errant
    1. Origin: OFr, prp. of errer (see err), confused with errer, to rove, travel

      erring or straying from what is right or the right course
    2. shifting about: an errant wind
  2. Obsolete arrant

Origin: ME erraunt < OFr errant, prp. of errer < ML iterare, to travel < L iter, a journey: see itinerant

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