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intermittingly

intermittingly adverb: with intermissions; at intervals.

Adverb

intermittingly (not comparable)

  1. With intermissions; at intervals.
    • Mine, which intermittingly raged for ten years, was rheumatism in the face combined with toothache1821 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...

Origin of intermittingly

From intermitting + -ly.

Words formed from intermittingly

Questions about intermittingly

What does intermittingly mean?
Intermittingly means with intermissions; at intervals.
What part of speech is intermittingly?
Intermittingly is an adverb.

Words near intermittingly in the dictionary

  1. intermittentness
  2. intermittents
  3. intermitter
  4. intermitters
  5. intermitting
  6. intermittingly
  7. intermix
  8. intermixable
  9. intermixed
  10. intermixedly
  11. intermixer

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