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intermittently

/ɪntəˈmɪtəntli/ adverb · British & US

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What does intermittently mean?

adverb

Happening or done at irregular intervals; not continuous.

Example

"The lights flickered intermittently throughout the storm."

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Words that share this root

intermit intermittent intermittently intermission

What's another word for intermittently?

occasionally sporadically periodically irregularly fitfully erratically

What's the opposite of intermittently?

continuously steadily constantly

Rhymes with intermittently

temporarily permanently remotely locally