"Don't annoy me", he hissed sharply. "It's my affair. Don't start asking for details. Please shut up."
At this, Leo began to smile sporadically , and he bowed from the waist as a sign of deference.
Hi,
What would 'to smile sporadically' mean here? I have been looking for the same phrase in other contexts, with no avail though. All I have been able to come up with for now is 'carefully' or 'forced, frenetic' or 'stray'...
None of them seem to be 'right' here...
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Kind regards,
Alola
PS This is a paragraph in Jack Kerouac's Orpheus Emerged, a great novella that I am translating (into Dutch) for my dissertation...
At this, Leo began to smile sporadically , and he bowed from the waist as a sign of deference.
Hi,
What would 'to smile sporadically' mean here? I have been looking for the same phrase in other contexts, with no avail though. All I have been able to come up with for now is 'carefully' or 'forced, frenetic' or 'stray'...
None of them seem to be 'right' here...
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Kind regards,
Alola
PS This is a paragraph in Jack Kerouac's Orpheus Emerged, a great novella that I am translating (into Dutch) for my dissertation...