intermittently

1. 1.

   in an intermittent manner

   “intermittently we questioned the barometer”

Questions about intermittently

What does intermittently mean?

intermittently means "in an intermittent manner".

How many syllables are in intermittently?

intermittently has 5 syllables: in-ter-mit-tent-ly. The stress falls on "mit". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtəntli/.

Is intermittently a common word?

intermittently is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.