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occasionally

[uh-key-zhuh-nl-ee]

adverb

  1. at times; from time to time; now and then.



occasionally

/ əˈɪəəɪ /

adverb

  1. from time to time

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of occasionally1

First recorded in 1615–25; occasional + -ly
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In the dock, Kurashov sat largely mute as his former unit mates testified against him, speaking only occasionally to his lawyer through a slim gap in the enclosure's door.

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This format—”what I did in therapy today,” more or less—is raw and occasionally repetitive.

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Given that in the occasionally dystopian 2020s, hitting presidents over the head with other presidents is no big deal, the new film might make perfect sense, even if it doesn’t improve one bit.

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"There's this phrase you hear occasionally, that the danger is on our doorstep. Well, it's a big doorstep if that is true… Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney."

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They talk about a "stubborn kid" who was "wild, really aggressive" and would occasionally come to blows with team-mates.

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