RichThesaurus
off and on
off and on
synonyms
sporadically
irregularly
intermittently
occasionally
at intervals
periodically
sometimes
on occasion
spasmodically
on and off
every so often
from time to time
at times
erratically
fitfully
by fits and starts
in fits and starts
discontinuously
on the odd occasion
on occasions
(every) now and again
interruptedly
(every) now and then
piecemeal
(every) once in a while
infrequently
now and again
now and then
once in a while
every once in a while
variably
unevenly
once in a blue moon
haphazardly
patchily
unmethodically
unsteadily
in snatches
disconnectedly
intermittent
every now and then
hardly
ever and anon
seldom
unsteady
unsettled
restless
variable
spasmodic
special
off and on
definitions
adv
On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.