by bits and pieces

ADJECTIVE

intermittent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fitful infrequent occasional periodic recurrent recurring seasonal

WEAK

alternate arrested broken checked cyclic cyclical discontinuing discontinuous epochal every other here and there hit-or-miss interrupted isochronal isochronous iterant iterative metrical now and then on and off periodical punctuated rhythmic rhythmical serial shifting spasmodic stop-and-go

Antonyms

STRONGEST

constant frequent permanent regular usual

WEAK

continual continuing perpetual

ADJECTIVE

on-again, off-again

Synonyms

WEAK

alternate arrested broken checked cyclic cyclical discontinuing discontinuous epochal every other fitful here and there hit-or-miss infrequent interrupted isochronal isochronous iterant iterative metrical now and then occasional on and off periodic periodical punctuated recurrent recurring rhythmic rhythmical seasonal serial shifting spasmodic sporadic stop-and-go

Example Sentences

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But many business property owners, especially large corporations, gamed the system so their holdings rarely changed hands completely — only by bits and pieces at a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2020

Without a big budget, the owners managed to create a dreamy environment inspired by bits and pieces of their travels to London, Slovenia, Switzerland, France and Italy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018

They are victims of "dissociated waking": i.e., they wake up by bits and pieces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Employed as an all-round good division now, the 32nd was thrown in by bits and pieces where they were needed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read in archaic books with crackling spines.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

by bits and pieces

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