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interruptedly

  • a word derived from interrupt.
    interrupt
    verb (used with object)
    to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • a word derived from interrupted.
    interrupted
    adjective
    broken off or discontinuous.

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I am glad that I have from time to time penned down a few remarks by way of diary, although it has been done interruptedly and very imperfectly.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley

P. camp. obtuse, striate to middle, everywhere brownish; g. adnate, whitish, base grey; s. rigid, twisted, pruinosely fibrillose, upwards interruptedly striate. parabolica, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

And this, again, not interruptedly, but as a continuous and unvarying experience.

From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Andrew Murray

Martha enters with him; she is stirring something in a bowl, and during the following continues to do so, though more and more interruptedly and absent-mindedly.

From The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts by William Vaughn Moody

She said all this interruptedly, stooping frequently to gather flowers--which she arranged in a bouquet--from the meadows through which we were walking.

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Paul Heyse