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Etymology edit

intermitting +‎ -ly

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intermittingly (not comparable)

  1. With intermissions; at intervals.
    • 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: [] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, [], published 1823, →OCLC:
      Mine, which intermittingly raged for ten years, was rheumatism in the face combined with toothache

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