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intermittently

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɪn.tərˈmɪt.ənt.lɪ/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

Stopping or starting at intervals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an intermittent manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intermittently we questioned the barometer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English intermittent Middle English -ly English -ly English intermittently From intermittent + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: intermite — stopping or starting at intervals
  • Catalan: intermitentment — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Dutch: met onderbrekingen — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Dutch: met tussenpozen — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Dutch: af en aan — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Finnish: ajoittaisesti — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Finnish: ajoittain — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Finnish: aika ajoin — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Finnish: katkonaisesti — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • French: intermittemment — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • French: par intermittence — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Galician: intermitentemente — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Georgian: დროგამოშვებით (drogamošvebit) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Georgian: დროდადრო (drodadro) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Georgian: შენაცვლებით (šenacvlebit) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Georgian: წყვეტილად (c̣q̇veṭilad) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • German: absatzweise — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Icelandic: með köflum — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Italian: intermittentemente — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Northern Kurdish: dem bi dem — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Northern Kurdish: car bi car — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Polish: sporadycznie — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Polish: nieregularnie — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Portuguese: intermitentemente — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: периоди́чески (periodíčeski) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: с перерывами (s pereryvami) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: вре́мя от вре́мени (vrémja ot vrémeni) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: толчками (tolčkami) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: скачками (skačkami) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: скачкообразно (skačkoobrazno) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Russian: пульсируя (pulʹsiruja) — Stopping or starting at intervals
  • Spanish: intermitentemente — Stopping or starting at intervals
Real reading context

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