intermittent  
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(1) Adjective : Coming and going at intervals : not continuous;  occasionally appearing and disappearing.

Examples

  • When he awoke he fell ill with an intermittent fever, but it went away by the end of the day.  
  • The weather forecast for today was for intermittent showers throughout the day, but in reality it was a sunny all day.  

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