Meanings
- not comparableStopping or starting at intervals.
1 more example
The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.
2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 13 May 2022Synonyms: flakily, sporadically, unreliably
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbStopping or starting at intervals.
Origin
Translations
Catalan intermitentment
- intermitentmentStopping or starting at intervals
Dutch met onderbrekingen, met tussenpozen
- met onderbrekingenStopping or starting at intervals
- met tussenpozenStopping or starting at intervals
- af en aanStopping or starting at intervals
Esperanto intermite
- intermitestopping or starting at intervals
Finnish ajoittaisesti, ajoittain
- ajoittaisestiStopping or starting at intervals
- ajoittainStopping or starting at intervals
- aika ajoinStopping or starting at intervals
- katkonaisestiStopping or starting at intervals
French intermittemment, par intermittence
- intermittemmentStopping or starting at intervals
- par intermittenceStopping or starting at intervals
German absatzweise
- absatzweiseStopping or starting at intervals
Icelandic með köflum
- með köflumStopping or starting at intervals
Italian intermittentemente
- intermittentementeStopping or starting at intervals
Polish sporadycznie, nieregularnie
- sporadycznieStopping or starting at intervals
- nieregularnieStopping or starting at intervals
Portuguese intermitentemente
- intermitentementeStopping or starting at intervals
Russian периоди́чески, с перерывами
- периоди́чески (periodíčeski)Stopping or starting at intervals
- с перерывами (s pereryvami)Stopping or starting at intervals
- вре́мя от вре́мени (vrémja ot vrémeni)Stopping or starting at intervals
- толчками (tolčkami)Stopping or starting at intervals
- скачками (skačkami)Stopping or starting at intervals
- скачкообразно (skačkoobrazno)Stopping or starting at intervals
- пульсируя (pulʹsiruja)Stopping or starting at intervals
Spanish intermitentemente
- intermitentementeStopping or starting at intervals
Cite this entry
intermittently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermittently
“intermittently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermittently. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermittently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermittently.
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