Both Uses of
intermittent
in
War and Peace
- Meanwhile still more projectiles, now with the swift sinister whistle of a cannon ball, now with the agreeable intermittent whistle of a shell, flew over people's heads incessantly, but not one fell close by, they all flew over.†
Chpt 10 *
- To that end Kutuzov's activity was directed during the whole campaign from Moscow to Vilna—not casually or intermittently but so consistently that he never once deviated from it.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(intermittent) stopping and starting -- especially at irregular intervals