intermittently, adv.
(-ˈmɪtəntlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an intermittent manner; with intervals of cessation; by fits and starts.
| 1833 Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound Poems 1850 I. 157 From my restless eyes Drop by drop intermittently A trickling stream of tears supplies My cheeks. 1874 W. Page-Roberts Law & God (1876) 10 The evils which continuously or intermittently afflict humanity. |