断だん続ぞく的てき

na-adjective

intermittent; discontinuous

Describes something that starts and stops repeatedly, such as rain, noise, or a signal. Often used with に as an adverb.

• 断だん続ぞく的てきな雨あめが一いち日にち中じゅう降ふり続つづいた。

  Intermittent rain continued all day.

• 通つう信しんが断だん続ぞく的てきになって、会かい話わが途と切ぎれがちだった。

  The communication became intermittent, and the conversation kept cutting out.