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Answer for the clue "At shorter intervals ", 7 letters:
oftener

Alternative clues for the word oftener

Word definitions for oftener in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. more often

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Often \Of"ten\ ([o^]f"'n; 115), adv. [Compar. Oftener ([o^]f"'n*[~e]r); superl. Oftenest .] [Formerly also ofte, fr. oft. See Oft ., adv.] Frequently; many times; not seldom.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. more often or more frequently

Usage examples of oftener.

I have a hunch, too, that old Doc Twitchell closed that switch oftener than he admitted .

Worse, there would be places in the mountains where I would have to unshackle the wagons, move them one at a time to a more open place go back for each wagon left behind, bring it up-a process that would take twice as long for a three-wagon train as for a two-wagon one, and would happen oftener, even much oftener, with three wagons than with two.

The higher we got, the oftener we encountered rivulets, water that never reached the prairie in so dry a year.

Worse, there would be places in the mountains where I would have to unshackle the wagons, move them one at a time to a more open place— go back for each wagon left behind, bring it up—a process that would take twice as long for a three-wagon train as for a two-wagon one, and would happen oftener, even much oftener, with three wagons than with two.

The higher we got, the oftener we encountered rivu­lets, water that never reached the prairie in so dry a year.