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Definitions for occasionally
əˈkeɪ ʒə nl ioc·ca·sion·al·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. occasionallyadverb

    From time to time; now and then; once in a while; irregularly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Occasionallyadverb

    According to incidental exigence; incidentally.

    Etymology: from occasional.

    Authority and reason on her wait,
    As one intended first, not after made
    Occasionally. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

    I have endeavoured to interweave with the assertions some of the proofs whereon they depend, and occasionally scatter several of the more important observations throughout the work. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

ChatGPT

  1. occasionally

    Occasionally refers to something happening from time to time, at irregular intervals, infrequently or on rare occasions. It is not regular or constant, and occurs randomly or sporadically.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Occasionallyadverb

    in an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2609

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2545

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'occasionally' in Adverbs Frequency: #208

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of occasionally in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of occasionally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of occasionally in a Sentence

  1. Susan Silver:

    The three of us had a date, he and my uncle got along beautifully… I only went on one date with him, but he was so brilliant and so amusing. He had beautiful eyes. He was very soulful. He was really good looking! I have a T-shirt [now] with his face on it… I didn’t go to bed with him then, but now I sleep with him occasionally at night. And it’s safer that way!

  2. Lewis Lapham:

    Under the rules of a society that cannot distinguish between profit and profiteering, between money defined as necessity and money defined as luxury, murder is occasionally obligatory and always permissible.

  3. President Obama:

    We have to own up to the fact that occasionally there are going to be problems here.

  4. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

    This process was earlier sometimes delayed by bureaucracy in Baghdad, but occasionally also in Washington. That is why we are now expediting delivery of essential equipment and material, like anti-tank capabilities and counter-IED equipment, to the Iraqi security forces -- including Kurdish and Sunni tribal forces.

  5. Lewis Baldwin:

    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.

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