by snatches

adverb

Roget 51: partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.    ... show more

Roget 70: at intervals; by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts; skippingly^†, per saltum [Lat.]; longo intervallo [It].   

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