A regularity is the fact that the same thing always happens in the same circumstances.
[formal]
Children seek out regularities and rules in acquiring language.
2. See also regular
Examples of 'regularity' in a sentence
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Yet press stories about data breaches keep appearing with monotonous regularity because too many businesses both large and small still take a half-hearted approach to data protection.
Computing (2010)
One thing happening with alarming regularity is extreme weather in summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Passes went astray with a monotonous regularity while players often ran down blind alleys.
The Sun (2012)
Racing magazines have come and gone with depressing regularity but a striking new attempt is imminent.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Our shocking pictures show how reckless drivers around the country are endangering lives by phoning and texting with alarming regularity.
The Sun (2013)
Over the years that followed, our paths crossed with alarming regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We hear many tales of goalscorers being in a rich vein where they hit the back of the net with almost monotonous regularity.
Tibballs, Geoff Great Sporting Failures (1993)
There is a monotonous regularity in life, as well as these anomalies.
Christianity Today (2000)
Perhaps worse still was the monotonous, mechanical regularity imposed on the worker by the factory system.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
Before long, profit warnings from companies in the sector were delivered with depressing regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Once you feel your stamina is improving, gradually increase the regularity and the intensity of your workouts.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And then there are the horrific stories of abuse in old people's homes that pop up with depressing regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Ministers resigned with alarming regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In most areas these winds blow with great regularity, and weather in the trade wind regions is usually fineand quiet.
Jilbert, John Geography Basic Facts (1983)
A grey mental gloom settles over them with clockwork regularity as soon as the days draw in and the mornings get darker.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter (1989)
Life causes distress, it turns our feelings upside-down with monotonous regularity.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
My best and worst holidays have been to Hawaii, where my parents go with depressing regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Let's begin with two conversations I have with alarming regularity.