Synonyms for intermittently
- adverb
Most common
occasionally sporadically fitfully discontinuously unreliably flakily
All synonyms
Adverb
Definitions
- adv. 1
Stopping or starting at intervals.
Example sentences
- occasionally She stopped by occasionally to fix things for him.
- sporadically I'm disabled and sporadically employed.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intermittently | falling | |
| occasionally | steady | |
| sporadically | steady | |
| fitfully | rising | |
| discontinuously | falling | |
| unreliably | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- flakily
- 8 letters
- fitfully3
- 10 letters
- unreliably
- 12 letters
- occasionally5, sporadically4
- 15 letters
- discontinuously
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fitfully3 = 3 syllables).