interruptedlyadv.
a. In an interrupted manner; with interruptions or void intervals; discontinuously.
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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
1663 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. 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.
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 38 Not interruptedly, but constantly.
1817 Ld. Byron Manfred iii. iv. 68 Interruptedly..the fitful song Begun and died upon the gentle wind.
b. Botany (and Zoology). With smaller or otherwise different members in the intervals between the others: see interrupted adj. b.
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the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adverb] > arranged in a specific way
interruptedly1753
accumbent1801
trichotomously1830
unilaterally1830
furcately1846
uniseriately1846
secundly1870
monosymmetrically1875
polysymmetrically1875
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adverb] > with smaller or different parts in between others
interruptedly1846
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf (Pinnated) The interruptedly pinnated, in which the folioles are irregular and unequal in size or situation.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 215 Cellules interruptedly uniseriate.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 108 Spiræa ulmaria..leaves interruptedly pinnate.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 290 Galeopsis Ladanum..leaves..interruptedly serrate or subentire.
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