discontinuouslyadv.
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəsli/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəsli/ In a discontinuous manner; without continuity.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [adverb]
rhapsodically1586
brokenly1591
discontinuingly1611
interruptly1646
interruptedly1663
discontinuously1816
pulse-wise1909
saccadically1962
1816 G. Peacock & J. F. W. Herschel tr. S. F. Lacroix Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus ii. 548 The same would be true for a series of equal and similar arcs of any curve whatever put together discontinuously.
1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 177 All the phenomena constituting the external reality to us are presented discontinuously.
1914 Chem. Abstr. 8 859 According to the quantum hypothesis the rotational energy of a mol[ecule] varies discontinuously.
1949 Paper Making (Brit. Paper & Board Makers' Assoc.) (1950) i. 21 Formerly the mills produced boards discontinuously, in sheets on single cylinder or vat machines, but the installation of large multi-vat cylinder machines making a continuous web increased the output.
2008 I. Armstrong Victorian Glassworlds xiii. 341 The figures gradate discontinuously from roundedness to flatness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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