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nomadic

nomadically

A nomad is someone who lives by traveling from place to place. Nomadic thus means anything that involves moving around a lot. Nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes follow the animals they hunt, carrying tents with them.

You don't have to be a nomad to live a nomadic lifestyle. People who work for the state department travel from foreign country to foreign country in four-year postings––they might call this nomadic. If you change schools a lot because of your parents' moves, you could say you've had a nomadic education.

Definitions of nomadic
  1. adjective
    migratory
    “the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”
    synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering
    unsettled
    not settled or established
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