betweentimes
In the meantime
Betweentimes means during the intervals between other events or activities—in the gaps, the pauses, the spare moments: She worked on her novel betweentimes.
The word is somewhat old-fashioned, more common in British than American English.
Also spelled between-times or as two words.
Temporary cessation of activity
- interludePause between sections
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- breakInterrupt continuity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
breather · hiatus · lull · recess · gap · downtime · meanwhile · parenthesis
At irregular intervals
- occasionallyAt infrequent intervals
- periodicallyAt recurring intervals
At irregular intervals
- sporadicallyAt irregular intervals
- irregularlyNot following a pattern
- infrequentlyNot happening often
- fitfullyIn irregular bursts
erratically · spasmodically · unpredictably · haphazardly · discontinuously · episodically · patchily · unevenly
pause
Temporary cessation of activity
- interludePause between sections
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- breakInterrupt continuity
respite · breather · hiatus · lull · recess · gap · downtime · meanwhile · parenthesis · lacuna
sometimes
At irregular intervals
- occasionallyAt infrequent intervals
- periodicallyAt recurring intervals
intermittently
At irregular intervals
- sporadicallyAt irregular intervals
- irregularlyNot following a pattern
- infrequentlyNot happening often
fitfully · erratically · spasmodically · unpredictably · haphazardly · discontinuously · episodically · patchily · unevenly · randomly
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
- temporarytemporary, temp job, temp worker, provisional, stopgap
betweentimescontinuously
Without pause or interruption
constantly · perpetually · always · incessantly · nonstop
time, between, interval, times, timely, meantime, interim, interstice, betwixt