Meanings
prepositional phrase
- now and again; intermittently
His face was beautiful to look upon, and softly coloured like a girl’s face, and his expression one of gentle melancholy, mixed with some disdain; but fiery glints awoke at intervals in his eyes, and the lines of swift determination hovered round the mouth below his curled moustachios.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5
Translations
Greek κατά διαστήματα
- κατά διαστήματα (katá diastímata)now and again
Cite this entry
APA
at intervals. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20intervals
MLA
“at intervals.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20intervals. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at intervals,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20intervals.
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