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intermittently
[ in-ter-mit-nt-lee ]
adverb
- at occasional or uneven intervals:
This species of flounder spawns mainly during the summer and early fall, but may spawn intermittently throughout the year.
In this parched landscape, water flows intermittently, with lakes and streams forming in the wet season and disappearing in the dry season.
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz··ٱ··ٱԳ· adverb
- ܲ··ٱ··ٱԳ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of intermittently1
Example Sentences
Could an increasingly popular, intermittently successful legal argument involving what's called the Rights of Nature or more-than-human rights possibly reclaim our planet's dark skies?
The court heard the music resumed intermittently and shortly after 12:33, officers seized the speakers.
But the group still intermittently fires at Israel, in a sign that it still possesses capabilities.
According to ABC España, the site had been a major mine before its closure in 2018, and had since been intermittently used by private companies to extract the mineral anthracite.
He says Zegler "has oodles of talent" but "Webb's film only intermittently allows her to sparkle".
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