intermittent
/ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t/ adjective C1- Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span. · The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.· Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
- Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year. · The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.
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There was yet another individual whose residence under that roof was, it is true, only an intermittent one, but whose presence at the time of the strange happenings which will now be narrated brought his name prominently before the public.
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