If something is regular, it follows a pattern or a rule, in one way or the other it is repetitive and predictable.
Every month I send in a car loan payment of $65. I make regular monthly payments on my car.
Every two weeks she receives a check from the insurance company. She gets a regular check every two weeks.
Her pulse was changing every ten seconds. Now her pulse is much more regular.
People should see a dentist at least every 6 months. People should have regular dental examinations.
The trains are not on a special holiday schedule today. The trains on their regular schedule.
She has had the same hair dresser for ten years. She called her regular hair dresser for an appointment.
The store gets a shipment of vegetables twice a week from the same supplier. The store got these vegetables from their regular supplier.
Do you visit this museum several times a year? Are you a regular visitor to this museum?
I go to that store all the time. I’m a regular customer at that store.
You see the same people in this church week after week. This church has many regular worshippers.
Regular and regular occurrence can describe something that happens frequently.
The doctor’s office billed me incorrectly. Incorrect medical billings are a regular occurrence.
Power plants in that country often fail. Power plant failure is a regular occurrence.
I take good care of my motorcycle. This is how I avoid regular breakdowns.
Regular can refer to something that is normal, not special.
Whole wheat pasta is supposed to be more healthy for you. But it isn’t as tasty as regular pasta.
This fertilizer is supposed to be superior. It has more nitrogen than regular fertilizer.
Regular can be used to emphasize that something or someone has all the qualities that go with a certain image. In the first example, Romeo refers to a character in a Shakespeare play.
You never see him without a girl on his arm. He’s a regular Romeo.
This seaside resort has everything you can imagine. It’s a regular playground for the rich.
The phrase regular guy can be used to describe a person who is ordinary and friendly.
He may be worth 30 million dollars, but he doesn’t act it. He’s just a regular guy.
Regular can be used to describe a repetitive pattern.
This dress fabric is covered with alternating black and white squares. It’s a very regular pattern.
I don’t like rugs with colors running all over the place. I like rugs with a regular design.
Some techno dance music is almost hypnotic. It has a regular beat that goes on and on.
The noun regular means a person who customarily can be found at a restaurant, bar, or other public location.
The guys at that table are here every afternoon for a beer or two. They are real regulars.
The person who wrote that has never been in this chat room before. The regulars in this chat room never use bad language.
Irregular is an adjective that means not regular, unusual, unexpected, not fitting a pattern.
Your request for extra vacation time is highly irregular.
English has many irregular verbs.
The surface of the moon is quite irregular.
This device helps control an irregular heartbeat.
Irregular behavior can be a sign of mental illness.
His teeth were so irregular that he got braces.
Irregular sleep habits may signal an underlying disease.
The noun irregularity carries the same sense as the adjective irregular.
The irregularity of the Earth’s magnetic field is not well understood.
Skin irregularities can be helped with laser therapy.
The plural irregularities is often used to describe something that does not follow the law or does not follow accepted standards. For example, voting irregularities may refer to people illegally voting more than once.
The lawyer pointed out irregularities in the contract.
They are investigating that company for accounting irregularities.
Irregularity is often used to describe bowel movements. For example, an advertisement may say: Do you suffer from irregularity? and it is understood that this refers to bowel habits.
He suffers from irregularity.
She takes pills to combat irregularity.
As you would expect, the adverb regularly and the adverbial phrase with regularity, which are interchangeable, carry the meaning of usually, habitually, repetitively, periodically.
She regularly eats cereal for breakfast.
Floods occur there with regularity in the spring.
He performs his neck exercises with regularity.
I am regularly tanned at the end of the summer.
Are you regularly late for work?
