Intermissive

Quick meaning: Intermissive is an adjective meaning Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

Meaning

Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

Example Sentences

Wounds I vvill lend the French, inſtead of eyes, / To vveep their intermiſſive miſeries.

I […] reduc'd Ireland, after ſo many intermiſsive VVars, to ſuch a perfect paſſe of obedience; […]

And therefore as though there vvere any feriation in nature or juſtitiums imaginable in profeſſions, vvhoſe ſubject is natural, and under no intermiſſive, but constant vvay of mutation, this ſeaſon is commonly termed the phyſician's vacation, and ſtands so received by moſt men.

Synonyms for intermissive

Depending on context, synonyms include patchy, spasmodic, broken, fitful, ragged, catchy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discontinuous, unintermitted, patchy, discontinous, unintermittent, nonintermittent.

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