| 单词 | by spells |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby spells c. by spells, at intervals, now and again. ΘΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently by (formerly also at) startsc1422 startmeal?c1422 off and on1535 every otherwhile1542 by, or in, snatches1577 by fits and turns1583 by halves and fits1583 one time with another1591 fit-meal1593 by fits and spurts1605 planetarily?1609 scatteredly1612 startinglya1616 by snaps1631 intermittingly1654 from space to space1658 on and off1668 at (by) intervals1744 cessantly1746 by spells1788 fitfully1792 by fits and spasms1797 everylikea1800 intermittently1800 intermittedly1829 interjectionally1837 jerkily1839 at seasons1850 sporadically1852 parenthetically1860 spasmodically1877 snatchily1880 variously1892 1788 Massachusetts Spy 4 Sept. 3/2 It had..rained by spells for three days before. 1821 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 3 Nov. 1056 To-day the fog came by spells. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 270 I had an old axe..with which by spells in winter days..I played about the stumps. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 602/1 All day by ‘spells’ I have been out helping Jack make the garden. < as lemmas |
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