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Definitions for occasionally
əˈkeɪ ʒə nl ioc·ca·sion·al·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to timeadverb
now and then or here and there
"he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
Wiktionary
occasionallyadverb
From time to time; now and then; once in a while; irregularly.
Webster Dictionary
Occasionallyadverb
in an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2609
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2545
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Adverbs Frequency: #208
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of occasionally in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of occasionally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of occasionally in a Sentence
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
Democratic Socialist never believed in any kind of party identification, democratic Socialist never allowed Democratic Socialist to become closely aligned with partisan politics. Democratic Socialist occasionally said that that both the Democratic and Republican Party had betrayed Democratic Socialist people.
There is this general, overarching question of why good people occasionally do bad things, we think part of the explanation for why people occasionally don't behave ethically is their failure to confront and realize there's a temptation.
[ We avoid ] homes that need major structural repairs, we just do freshening up : Landscaping, paint, flooring. Very occasionally we might do a roof ; we fix a lot of pools and air conditioners.
The core model we have, and what we think really our responsibility and our job is, is to take the money that our members give us every month and invest that as judiciously and as smartly as we can, if we do that well... and make that efficiency and effectiveness better, we will deliver more value to our members, and we will occasionally go back and ask those members to pay a little bit more to keep that virtuous cycle of investment and value creation going.
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- فرح بتجنArabic
- ocasionalmentCatalan, Valencian
- občas, příležitostněCzech
- gelegentlichGerman
- περιστασιακάGreek
- okazeEsperanto
- de vez en cuando, a veces, ocasionalmenteSpanish
- گهگاهPersian
- välistä, joskus, toisinaan, välilläFinnish
- viðhvørt, av og áFaroese
- occasionnellementFrench
- fo-uairIrish
- uaireannan, corra uairScottish Gaelic
- nagyritkán, alkalomadtán, néhanapjánHungarian
- երբեմնArmenian
- kadang-kadangIndonesian
- 時々Japanese
- შემთხვევითGeorgian
- جاربهجار, جاروبارKurdish
- okkażjonalmentMaltese
- af en toe, soms, wel eens, nu en danDutch
- sporadisk, nå og da, av og tilNorwegian
- od czasu do czasuPolish
- ocasionalmentePortuguese
- ocazionalRomanian
- изредка, иногда, время от времениRussian
- občasnoSlovene
- då och då, iblandSwedish
- đôi khiVietnamese
- טייל מאָלYiddish
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