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Definition of intermittent : 1. An intermittent fever or disease.
2. Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever.

Synonyms:

discontinuous, on-again off-again, spasmodic, seasonal, off-again, cyclical, by snatches, occasional, shifting, periodic, continue, every other, on and off, epochal, alternate, recurrent, coming and going, serial, now and then, cyclic, here and there, on-again, broken, periodical, rhythmic

postponed, interrupted, stopped, relieved, stayed, reprieved, paused, snagged, recessed, delayed, suspended

eccentric, capricious, inconstant, fitful, jerky, irregular, unsystematic, sporadic, desultory, erratic, uneven, variable, asymmetric, fluctuating, unrhythmical

Usage examples:

• The nurse thought surely the still white face she saw in the intermittent gleams of a lamp- flame flickering out was the face of a dead man. - "Somehow Good", William de Morgan.
• She had bethought herself that this favour might, like her presence and as if depending on it, be only intermittent and for the season. - "What Maisie Knew", Henry James.
• For several minutes they plodded along the road, hidden even from the intermittent light of the moon by the trees that grew beside the road. - "Tom of the Raiders", Austin Bishop.