Occasionally
//əˈkeɪʒənəli// adv
adv ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
"God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed."
- 2 On an occasion, accidentally, by chance. obsolete
"Mr Tourville occasionally told his age; just turned of thirty-one."
- 3 On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. obsolete
"Were nothing els diſcourſively inſerted (as ſome little elſe occaſionally preſented it ſelfe), what paper more currently fit for the bareſt mechanicall uſes, [...]"
Adverb
- 1 sporadically and infrequently wordnet
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More examples"Teachers should occasionally let their students blow off some steam."
Etymology
From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.
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