intermit
verb (used with object)
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
intermittingly
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a word derived from
intermit.
Example Sentences
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This is true only of bad conductors, or of metallic conductors charged intermittingly, or otherwise controlled by collateral induction.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Thus, intermittingly, ever and anon during those sad two days of deepest sufferance, Pierre would stand reasoning and expostulating with himself; and by such meditative treatment, reassure his own spontaneous impulses.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
The device is designed to permit a wheel to move intermittingly or in a step by step movement, by the swinging motion of a pendulum.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
In electrical weather they are never lively, even though the day be intermittingly hot and bright; and at such times they are often almost lethargic, and show great indifference as to feeding.
From Addresses & Papers / Collectanea by Peter Eade
Borax dissolves it in the oxidation flame to a clear colorless bead, which appears, when overcharged and heated intermittingly, enamel-white when cold.
