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inteˈrruptedly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an interrupted manner; with interruptions or void intervals; discontinuously.
1663Boyle Exp. Hist. Colours i. iii. §19 The incident light that meets with a grosser liquour..will have its beams either refracted, or imbibed, or else reflected more or less interruptedly than they would be, if the body had been unmoistened. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1711) III. 38 Not interruptedly, but constantly. 1817Byron Manfred iii. iv, Interruptedly..the fitful song Begun and died upon the gentle wind. b. Bot. (and Zool.) With smaller or otherwise different members in the intervals between the others: see prec. b.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf (Pinnated), The interruptedly pinnated, in which the folioles are irregular and unequal in size or situation. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 215 Cellules interruptedly uniseriate. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 108 Spiræa ulmaria..leaves interruptedly pinnate. Ibid. 290 Galeopsis Ladanum..leaves..interruptedly serrate or subentire. |