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here and there
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | lying anywhere without order, arrangement |
| Synonyms: | any which way, anyhow, around, here and there |
| Main Entry: | intermittent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, 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, stop-and-go |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, continuing, perpetual, regular |
| Main Entry: | rambling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sprawling, spread out |
| Synonyms: | at length, covering, gangling, here and there, irregular, random, scattered, spreading, straggling, strewn, trailing, unplanned |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight |
| Main Entry: | sometimes |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | every now and then |
| Synonyms: | at intervals, at times, consistently, constantly, ever and again, every so often, frequently, from time to time, here and there, intermittently, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, once in a blue moon, once in a while, periodically, recurrently |
| Antonyms: | never |
| Main Entry: | somewhere |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in, or at some place |
| Synonyms: | about, any old place, around, around somewhere, elsewhere, here and there, in one place or another, kicking around, parts unknown, scattered, someplace, someplace or another, someplace or other, somewheres |
| Antonyms: | nowhere |
| Main Entry: | to and fro |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back and forth |
| Synonyms: | backward and forward, backwards and forwards, forward and back, from side to side, here and there, in and out, off and on, seesaw, up and down, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | "on-again, off-again" |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intermittent |
| Synonyms: | alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, 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 |
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