Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Intermitting; coming by fits or after temporary cessations; not continuous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
temporary cessations ; notcontinual ;intermittent .
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Examples
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Make pleasure thy recreation or intermissive relaxation, not thy Diana, life, and profession.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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Make pleasure thy recreation or intermissive relaxation, not thy Diana, life and profession.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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