at intervals

English

Prepositional phrase

at intervals

1. now and again; intermittently
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 5:

     His face was beautiful to look upon, and softly coloured like a girl’s face, and his expression one of gentle melancholy, mixed with some disdain; but fiery glints awoke at intervals in his eyes, and the lines of swift determination hovered round the mouth below his curled moustachios.

Translations

now and again

• Greek: κατά διαστήματα (katá diastímata)