intermittently

[in-ter-mit-nt-lee]

adverb

1. at occasional or uneven intervals.

   This species of flounder spawns mainly during the summer and early fall, but may spawn intermittently throughout the year.

   In this parched landscape, water flows intermittently, with lakes and streams forming in the wet season and disappearing in the dry season.

Other Word Forms

• nonintermittently adverb
• unintermittently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intermittently¹

intermittent ( def. ) + -ly

Related Words

• occasionally 
• periodically 
• sporadically