intermittent
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INTERMITTENT
:
starting, stopping, and starting again
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not constant or steady
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The patient was having intermittent pains in his side.
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The forecast is for intermittent rain.
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There are reports of intermittent [=sporadic] fighting along the border.
— intermittently
adverb-
It has been raining intermittently for the past several days.
