intermittingly

English

Etymology

From intermitting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

intermittingly (not comparable)

1. With intermissions; at intervals.
   • 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:

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

Derived terms

• unintermittingly

References

• “intermittingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.