DISCONTINUOUSLY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

discontinuously

adverb

as in intermittently

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intermittently

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The result is a collection of novels that, while intermittently electrifying, expend an incredible quantity of words on the semiotics of TV marketing and the ethics of selling out.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
The company said Riley was hired in 2008 and worked there intermittently for a total of slightly more than four and a half years.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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