Teachers should occasionally let their students blow off some steam.
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Occasionally
/əˈkeɪʒənəli/
Synonyms for "occasionally" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
at infrequent intervalsat intervalsat odd timesat timesat various timesbetweentimesbetweenwhilesbrokenlyby catchesby fitsby jerksby skipsby snatches
Adverb(1 words)
at times
Adverb(1 words)
at times
Strong matches (22)
Noun(1 words)
de vez em quando
disconnectedlydiscontinuouslyevery so oftenfitfullyhaphazardlyhere and therein spotsinfrequentlyintermittentlyirregularly
Adverb(8 words)
ever and anonevery now and thenevery once in a whileevery so oftenfrom time to timeintermittentlyirregularlynow and again
Adverb(3 words)
Related words (36)
now and thenoccasionoff and onon divers occasionson occasiononceonce and againonly occasionallyonly when necessaryper saltumperiodicallyrandomrandomlyseldomskippinglysometimessporadicallytimeuncommonlywilly nilly
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Adverb(8 words)
Adverb(6 words)
Determiner(1 words)
some days
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3 entriesintermittent eventoccasional occurrencesporadic usage
Collocations
6 entriesappears occasionallydata occasionally showis occasionally citedoccasionally observedoccasionally usedoccurs occasionally
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
19 total sentences available.
There is a severe shortage of water in this city, so we must give up having a bath occasionally.
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Let's occasionally change where we go to eat out.
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The speaker occasionally referred to his notes.
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