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Definition of "intermittingly" [in•ter•mit•ting•ly]

  • With intermissions; at intervals. (adverb)

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Use "intermittingly" in a sentence
  • "Unidentified Woman: (as Fanny Burney) I began a scream that lasted un-intermittingly during the whole time of the incision."
  • "I watched them intermittingly over 36 hours as the scenery changed from crowds of families to late night urban prowlers; from high noon to full moon (just about) - as they blossomed like flowers, though still and unmoving."
  • "Evan Connell wrote: The lights of the country club went out; streaks of lightning flickered intermittingly, illuminating a terrible cloud rushing toward them like a kettle of black water."