happening only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular synonym intermittent sporadic fighting/gunfire/violence, etc. sporadic outbreaks of the disease
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NAmE//spəˈrædɪkli//
adverb She attended lectures only sporadically. Fighting continued sporadically for two months.See sporadic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: sporadic