now and then; sometimes; on occasion
adverb
Occasionally is defined as sometimes.
An example of occasionally is someone who drinks a couple cocktails each month.
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occasionally
adverb
Now and then; from time to time.
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Adverb
(comparative more occasionally, superlative most occasionally)
- From time to time; now and then; once in a while; irregularly.
Origin
occasional +"Ž -ly
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Sentence Examples
- Occasionally he glanced behind him, as if searching for someone, or something, that might be watching.
- Occasionally he would stand and bark.
- Occasionally I climbed and shook the trees.
- Lopukhin and the old general occasionally took part in the conversation.
- Occasionally amid these memories temptations of the devil would surge into her imagination: thoughts of how things would be after his death, and how her new, liberated life would be ordered.
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Words near occasionally in the dictionary
- occasionally
- occasionate
- occasionated
- occasionates