intermittingly

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adverb

With intermissions; at intervals.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbintermittingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith intermissions; at intervals.

    Mine, which intermittingly raged for ten years, was rheumatism in the face combined with toothache

    1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1823, →OCLC

Origin

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APA

intermittingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermittingly

MLA

“intermittingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermittingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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