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intermittently

/ɪn.tərˈmɪt.ənt.lɪ/

intermittently adverb: stopping or starting at intervals.

Adverb

intermittently (not comparable)

  1. Stopping or starting at intervals.
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intermittently meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

intermittently in Tamil

விட்டுவிட்டு

intermittently in Malayalam

ഇടയ്ക്കിടക്ക്

Synonyms of intermittently

Origin of intermittently

From intermittent + -ly.

Questions about intermittently

What does intermittently mean?
Intermittently means stopping or starting at intervals.
What is intermittently in Tamil?
Intermittently in Tamil is விட்டுவிட்டு. See Intermittently meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intermittently?
Intermittently is an adverb.
How do you pronounce intermittently?
Intermittently is pronounced /ɪn.tərˈmɪt.ənt.lɪ/.

Words near intermittently in the dictionary

  1. intermittency
  2. intermittent
  3. intermittent explosive disorder
  4. intermittent lake
  5. intermittent lakes
  6. intermittently
  7. intermittentness
  8. intermittents
  9. intermitter
  10. intermitters
  11. intermitting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intermittently (page history and authors); intermittently (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intermittently (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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